Table 1 Comenius’s Topics

1. The origin of the world 11. The mechanical arts
2. The elements, the firmament, fire, and meteors 12. The house and its parts
3. Waters, earths, stones, minerals 13. Marriage and the family
4. Trees, fruits, herbs, and shrubs 14. Civic and state economy
5. Animals 15. Grammar, dialectic and theory
6. Man and his body 16. Arithmetic and geometry
7. The qualities of the accidents of the body 17. Ethics
8. Diseases, ulcers, and wounds 18. Games
9. The senses (external and internal) 19. Death and burial
10. Mind, the will, and the affections (emotions) 20. Providence, God, and angels