A book arguing that the government was a contract between the people and it's ruler
Social Contract
Believed there should be an absolute rule by kings
Thomas Hobbes
Scientific Method
Telescope
A monarchy that is limited by a basic set of laws/protections of the people
Constitutional Monarchy
A spin off of the "a declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen" that said women should also be given rights
A Vindication on the Rights of Women
Believed the government should be overthrown if it fails to protect the general will of the people. Wrote "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"
Heliocentric
Newton's Three Laws of Motion
Leader of the French Revolution that would later be executed by a Counter Revolution
Wrote during the French National assembly that argued for a constitution
A Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Believed in free speech and freedom of religion
Voltaire
Rights that belong to people simply because they are people
Natural Rights
Laws on the structure of the universe and how planets moved
Planetary Motion
King during the French Revolution that incurred large amounts of debt, was later executed by the National Assembly
Louis XVI
Book written by Galeileo that asserted certain facts about the universe and the stars, first stated that Jupiter had 4 moons
Starry Messenger
Argued for a separation of Powers in governmental bodies
Montesquieu
The belief that reason can be used to make discoveries about things around us
Rationalism
Theory of Gravitation
Belief that the Kingship is given by God and God's will
Divine Right of Kings
Written by Descartes which would become the most famous book on Philosophy and meaning of life. Included skepticism and the quote "We ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful."
Principles of Philosophy
Argued that women should be given the same rights as men, Wrote "A Vindication on the Rights of Women"
Mary Wollstonecraft
Social critiques that applied reason to all parts of life including morality, love, death, and suffering
Philosophy
A right or ownership to specific invention for a number of years, thought to be created by Venetian Glass workers
Patent
Mary Antionette