Potpourri
The shift from quality to quantity is known as this.
What is Mechanical Philosophy?
Another name for the Enlightenment
What is the awakening of Europe?
He believed the best form of government was a democracy.
Who is Montesquieu?
Another name for science
What is natural philosophy?
The ability to critically think for yourself is known as this.
What is The Spirit of Inquiry?
He created the 'Heliocentric' Theory.
Who is Copernicus?
A ruler with absolute power
He believed that everyone is oppressed by government.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
The last subject to be included during the Scientific Revolution.
What is Math?
This became widely dispersed during this period.
What is the Bible?
The combination of absolute power and Enlightened ideals.
What is Enlightened despotism?
This type of despotism is similar to dictatorship.
What is classical despotism?
The belief that you are born with a blank slate/mind.
What is Tabula Rasa?
The name we given to our living standards increasing with time.
What is the doctrine of progress?
The focus during this time was on critical thinking, _____________, and the natural world.
What is individualism?
This form of government should be in charge of a small state.
What is a republic?
This person made school mandatory for everyone.
Who is Joseph II of Austria?
He believed that a king should never be overthrown regardless of how unjust they were.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
He determined that chemicals could be used to treat illness and diseases.
Who is Paracelsus?
This was a major consequence during this time.
What is people having a more complex relationship with religion?
This became the basis for the United States Constitution.
What is Montesquieu's 'The Separation of Powers'?
The Enlightenment came to be for this reason.
What is the rejection of the old regime?
The three branches of government that Montesquieu suggested.
What is the executive (monarch), legislative (parliament), and judicial (court)?
The 'Father of Anatomy' who gained his information from dissecting corpses.
Who is Vesalius?
She published under her own name and people did not take the time to listen to her findings due to this.
Who is Margaret Cavendish?