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Age of Enlightenment

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Who is Brahe? he made an observatory; had a heliocentric view
Who is Kepler? Discovered the orbit of the planets
Who is Rousseau? "Humans are basically good, but are corrupted by society"
Who is Montesquieu? Came up with checks and balances
Who is Voltaire? Wrote about short comings of society, was sent into exile, and books were burned.
Who is Jenner? Made vaccination for small pox
Who is Beccaria? Pushed for fair laws
Who is Diderot? Created the encyclopedia
What was the new thought of chemistry? There were many different elements
Old thought of chemistry? Earth was made of only earth, wind, fire, water
Who is Locke? "Humans are basically good, and have natural rights"
Who is Hobbes? "Humans are basically evil, and without rule life would be dangerous."
The Enlightenment Movement that focused on humans natural laws
Who is Descartes? I think therefore I am.
who is Bacon ? Truth is found in investigation, but physical observation is needed.
Who is Newton? Made theory of gravity.
Who is Galileo? First telescope; RC church made him recant views
Who is Copernicus? Made the heliocentric view
Heliocentricity? Sun is the center of the universe
Geocentricity? Earth is center of the universe
Joseph II (country) Austria
Catherine the Great (country) Russia
Frederick the Great (country) Prussia
Laissez Faire Businesses can run with little or no government involvement
What did physiocrats believe? a countries wealth comes from industries
Neoclassical music composers Mozart and Beethoven
Pre-enlightenment composers? Bach and Handel
Salons Informal gatherings where enlightenment was discussed
Wolstonecraft female writer for equality of women
The Philosophes enlightened thinkers in France
Vesalius dissection of human corpses
Harvey ? Discovered circulatory system of humans
Physiocrats? Enlightenment thinkers that focused on economics
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