Philosophes 1
What Philosophe argued that women should have access to education and equal political rights with men?
Mary Wollstonecraft
What are the three natural rights outlined by John Locke?
Life, Liberty, and Property
What was the Sun-centered theory of the solar system?
Heliocentric Model
Created and used the first telescope
Galileo
What is the first law of motion?
Inertia - object in motion stays in motion, object at rest stays at rest, unless acted upon by an outside force
What represents one of Montesquieu’s primary influences on the U.S. Constitution and the formation of the U.S. government?
Branches of Government
What was a collection of articles, created by Denis Diderot, that helped spread Enlightenment ideas?
The Encyclopedia
The idea that the Earth was at the center of the Solar system
Geocentric
Had an observatory, makes very accurate measurements with the naked eye
Brahe
What are natural rights?
Rights that cannot be taken away. Or Rights you are born with.
He was a swiss philosopher who wrote "The Social Contract" in 1762
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What was the name of Hobbes's book describing the need for a strong ruler
The Leviathan
Prior to the Scientific Revolution, people looked to ___________ for answers.
Religion
Who developed the heliocentric model of the universe?
Copernicus
The philosopher who believed intentions were more important than consequences.
Kant
What philosophe primarily contradicted the ideas in the U.S. Constitution by believing that the people should give up their free will and be guided by a strong central government?
Thomas Hobbes
The name of Mary Wollstonecraft's famous essay?
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Who was the first mathematician who used letters in math?
Descartes
Greek scientist who is responsible for the Geocentric model
Ptolemy
English philosopher who created the scientific method
Francis Bacon
What was the name of Voltaire's most well known Novel?
Candide
What philosophe's use of satire to promote freedom of speech and religion often got him into trouble with authority?
Voltaire
What is the first law of planetary motion?
Responsible for creating the laws of planetary motion
Kepler
What is Empiricism?
All knowledge is derived from sense experience