John Amos Comenius

John Amos Comenius
About this Episode
John Amos Comenius championed universal education for all children while in exile, planting seeds that grew into modern schooling and global learning infrastructure.
circa
1658

The Ground Beneath Your Feet

Nicolas Steno
About this Episode
Nicolas Steno founded modern geology and modeled how science and spiritual inquiry can illuminate different layers of the same reality.
circa
1669

The Man Who Disappeared Into the Work

Jacques Bertot
About this Episode
Jacques Bertot shaped Madame Guyon and a chain of mystics across Europe by teaching interior surrender --- and leaving his name off the cover.
circa
1675

The Gravity of Justice

The Eighty-Five Martyrs of England and Wales
About this Episode
The story of Nicholas Postgate and the 85 Martyrs of England and Wales --- and why justice, like gravity, always finds its level.
circa
1679

Samuel Sewall

Samuel Sewall
About this Episode
A reflection on Samuel Sewall, and how public repentance reshaped moral responsibility.
circa
1697

Pierre Bayle

Pierre Bayle
About this Episode
Pierre Bayle championed tolerance and intellectual humility in an age of religious violence, offering a model for living with deep disagreement without dehumanization.
circa
1697