People of the Scientific Revolution
This astronomer was forced to recant his writings about the universe by the Roman Catholic Church.
Who was Galileo?
Once accepted theory that the Earth was at the center of the Universe
What is Geocentric Theory?
Wrote the book Leviathan, where it was proposed that people give up their rights to a strong leader because humans are evil.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
An agreement between the people and its government.
What is Social Contract?
Absolute ruler of Russia, this person proposed an end to serfdom, but was overruled by the nobles.
Who was Catherine the Great?
Polish mathematician who first proposed the heliocentric view of the universe.
Who was Copernicus?
Proposed that the sun was the center of the universe
What is Heliocentric Theory?
English philosopher or argued against Hobbes.
Who was John Locke?
An intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems. Also known as the Age of Reason.
What is The Enlightenment?
Gatherings where the ideas of the enlightenment were discussed.
What is a Salon?
This person's laws of planetary motion proposed the planets orbited the sun in elliptical orbits.
Who was Kepler?
A new way of thinking about the natural world, based upon careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs.
What is Scientific Revolution?
Wrote the satire Candide, which got him exiled out of France.
Who was Voltaire?
Locke’s three inalienable rights.
What is Life, Liberty, and Property?
Invented calculus to discover gravity.
Who was Newton?
Said “I think, therefore I am”
Who was Descartes?
Belief that God exists, but does not play an active role in our lives.
What is Deism?
Proposed that a government should have 3, co equal branches of government that would check each other’s power.
Who was Montesquieu?
The term giving to French Enlightenment writers.
What is Philosophe?
Latin phrase, used by John Locke, meaning clean or blank slate.
What is Tabula Rasa?
Greek who supported Aristotle’s theory of the universe
Who was Ptolemy?
a series of steps developed by Bacon that ends with scientific law.
What is The Scientific Method?
The historian of the Enlightenment, his Encyclopedia helped spread the movement.
Who was Diderot?
A name given to an absolute ruler who attempted to use enlightenment reforms for their county.
What is Enlightened Despot?
This person claimed ‘I am the first servant of the state”
Who was Frederick the Great?