Western Civ 2
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| Rene Descartes | French philosopher and write, "Father of Modern Philosophy and Analytical Geometry"
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| The Scientific Revolution | a fundamental transformation in scientific ideas in physics, astronomy, and biology, in institutions supporting scientific investigation, and in the more widely held picture of the universe
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| Nicolas Copernicus | Founder of modern astronomy, invented the theory that the solar system revolves around the sun
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| William Harvey | English physician, the first to describe in detail the systematic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart
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| Galileo | Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, known as the "Father of Modern Physics" , made improvements to the telescope and supported Copernicanism
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| Johannes Kepler | Astronomer, best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, wrote many books on modern science
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| Sir Frances Bacon | English philosopher, scientist, lawyer, author, pioneer of the scientific method
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| Sir Isaac Newton | English physicist, mathematician, built the first practical reflecting telescope, described the 3 laws of motion and universal gravitation.
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| The Age of Enlightenment | A broad intellectual movement in 18th‐century Europe that advocated the use of reason in the re‐evaluation of accepted ideas. Also known as the Age of Reason.
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| John Locke | English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience
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| Thomas Hobbes | English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings
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| philosophes | thinkers or philosophers of the Enlightenment
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| progress | gradual improvement or growth or development
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| deism | the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation
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| tolerance | a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
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| Jean Jacques Rousseau | A French man who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy
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| Mary Wollstonecraft | English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women
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| he Vindication of the Rights of Woman | A book written by Mary Wollstonecraft that described the hardship[s of women, and advocated women's rights
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| The Social Contract | Rousseau, suggestions in reforming the political system and modeled after the Greek polis.
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| The General Will | The doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will
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