Philosophers
Invented the telescope
Galileo Galilei
The theory that the sun was the center of the universe
Heliocentric theory
Monarchs that supported the enlightenment were known as
Enlightened monarchs
wrote the "wealth of nations"
Adam smith
Edited the Encyclopedia
Denis Diderot
a philosophe who went against the current and antagonized many of his fellow philosophes, including Voltaire, didn't believe in a constitutional monarchy
Rousseau
made gravitation discoveries
Newton
European rulers who sought to apply some of the reforms of the 18th century Enlightenment to their governments without giving up their own absolutist authority. These rulers were characterized by legal, administrative, and educational improvements when it suited the state and as a means to enhance its power
Enlightened Despots
wrote "discourse on method"
Descartes
the idea that it was necessary to collect data, observe, and draw conclusions
Scientific Method
hated the catholic church, he was deist, wrote "candide"
Voltaire
early theory of evolution
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
period of scientific and philosophical innovation in which people investigated human nature and sought to explain reality through rationalism
Age of enlightenment
wrote "two treaties on government"
John Locke
Place where most of the scientific revolution came from
Italy
German philosopher who said that the enlightenment was to "dare to know"
Immanuel Kant
Christiaan (dutch scientist) invented
Pendulum Clock
The three main enlightened leaders of the era
Catherine the Great, Frederick the Great, Joseph II
wrote "principia"
Newton
Lockes idea that the mind is a blank slate and our environment shapes up
Tabula Rasa
Bacon
who invented the Mechanical Calculator
Wilhelm Schickard (German Inventor)
body of enlightenment thinkers made of nobles and middle class, wanted to change the world through reason
French philosophes
wrote "leviathan"
Thomas Hobbes
The enlightened philosophers of France, helped to reform society
philosophes