The Enlightenment Era
French philosopher known for contributing to the Encyclopédie during the age of enlightenment.
Denis Diderot
Polish mathematician and philosopher who proposed the sun was stationary
Nicholas Copernicus
Italian Astronomer best known for discovering that the sun is stationary and the planets go around the sun.
Galileo Galilei
British Writer and large advocate of women's rights.
Mary Wolstoncraft
French Philosopher during the enlightenment, a great writer as well who wrote a series of essays on English government and society
Voltaire
Genevan philosopher who is best known for his work on the Social Contract in questioning the purpose and place of the government.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French Mathematician who laid ground work for the theory of probabilities
Blaise Pascal
English mathematician who invented calculus and the three laws of motion
Isaac Newton
Prolific and Influential composer with more than 800 works
Wolfgang Mozart
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. Especially when considered as an academic discipline
Philosophies
English Philosopher and physician who pioneered the idea of natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution
John Locke
English philosopher known for his treatises on empiricist natural philosophy also known as advancement of learning
Francis Bacon
French Philosopher best know for the writing of The Spirit of Law
Montesquieu
Austrian Queen important in the belief of enlightened absolutism
Maria Theresa
Comprises the first ten amendments of the United states constitution
The Bill of Rights
Scottish economist and philosopher best known for being a pioneer in the thinking of political economy
Adam Smith
French philosopher and scientist who connected geometry and algebra
Rene Descartes
English Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne who contributed many writings to the scientific revolution and was the first woman to attend a royal society meeting
Margaret Cavendish
German astrologer who was the first woman to discover a comet
Maria Winkleman/Kirch
American military officer and the first president
George Washington
The belief in conduct and policies of absolute monarchies during the age of enlightenment
Enlightened Absolutism
King of the German state of Prussia known for leading his nation through wars with Austria
German astronomer best known for his theories explaining planetary motion
Johannes Kepler
Empress who overthrew her husband and expanded Russia greatly
Catherine the Great of Russia
Conflict between France and Great Britain over north american land
Seven years war