Galileo
What was Galileo's great discovery about the sun?
All the planets revolve around the Sun.
Where did Boyle go to study science?
Oxford.
Did d'Holbach believe in religion?
No, he was atheist.
What were his views on religion?
He wanted everyone to have freedom of speech on it.
What ism is Leibniz most noted for?
Optimism.
What discovery did Galileo make about Saturn?
He discovered Saturn's rings.
Who did Robert Boyle invent the air pump with?
Robert Hooke.
What was Baron's most famous book?
The "System of Nature."
Where did he study?
University of Frankfurt.
What math did Leibniz work on?
Calculus and geometry.
What discovery did Galileo make about the Moon?
There are mountains and craters on the Moon's surface.
What group was Robert Boyle apart of that also had John Locke, John Wilkins, and Christopher Wren?
The experimental philosophy club.
What did Baron add to the Encyclopédie?
d'Holbach authored and translated a large number of articles on topics ranging from politics and religion to chemistry and mineralogy.
Why was he ordered to be arrested?
Because of his views on cross religion marriage and other views.
Who was his professor?
What did Galileo discover about Jupiter?
Jupiter has multiple moons.
What did Boyle discover about the air's characteristics?
Combustion, respiration, and the transmission of sound.
What does Baron say you need to be happy?
Virtue.
The Erastian Theory.
What was his philosophy about the universe?
They are made of Monads.
What was Galileo known as the father of?
The father of observational science.
What was Boyle's law?
The law expresses the inverse relationship that exists between the pressure and volume of a gas, and it was determined by measuring the volume occupied by a constant quantity of air when compressed by differing weights of mercury.
What was Baron's philosophy about religion?
His philosophy was expressly materialistic and atheistic and is today categorized into the philosophical movement called French materialism.
What was he appointed to in 1709?
What was Leibniz's philosophy on Formal logic?
All our ideas are compounded from a very small number of simple ideas, which form the alphabet of human thought.