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Geocentric Theory
Earth centered view of universe
Used telescope to prove Copernicus' ideas.
Galileo Galilei
dissected dogs and pigs to find out about human body
Galen
He said humans are naturally wicked or selfish
Thomas Hobbs
He said civilization corrupts man's natural goodness.
John Jacques Rousseau
Scientific Revolution
A new way of thinking about the natural world.
logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
Scientific Methods
1st person to dissect a human being
Andreas Vesalius
He said that people have the right to life, liberty, and property
John Locke
She believed in women's rights.
Marry Wollstencraft
1st person to say the earth revolves around the sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Said scientists should experiment to gather proof.
Francis Bacon
He proved that blood circulates throughout the body
William Harvey
Social critics in France, Philosophers
Philosophes
Social gatherings of wealthy people.
Salons
Sun centered view of universe
Heliocentric Theory
He said I think, therefore I am
Rene Descartes
He is the founder of modern chemistry
Robert Boyle
He believed in separation of powers.
Montesquieu
Used math to prove Copernicus' ideas.
Johannes Kepler
He said every object in the universe attracts every other object, gravity
Isaac Newton
Age of reason
enlightenment
3 branches of government
Separation of powers