Famous Thinkers
Galileo
"Cogito, Ergo Sum"
(I think, therefore I am)
Rene Descartes
The scientific belief that the sun is the center of our solar system.
This thinker was one of the earliest advocates of Laissez-Faire economics.
Adam Smith
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Voltaire
A term that means to bring 'light' or 'knowledge'
Enlightenment
This English writer of The Leviathan is also credited with popularizing the idea of the Social Contract.
John Hobbes
"What goes up must come down."
Sir Isaac Newton
The belief that governments should not interfere in the economy. They should just "leave it be."
Laissez-Faire economics
This English scientist developed the 3 Laws of Motion and the Theory of Gravity.
Sir Isaac Newton
Life is "Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
John Hobbes
The belief that people agree to be governed in a particular manner and live peacefully together in a civilized society.
Social Contract
Italian inventor and artist that sketched ideas for the helicopter and military tank.
Leonardo DaVinci
"Until women are more rationally educated, the progress of human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks."
Mary Wollstonecraft
Sir Isaac Newton developed this branch of mathematics in order to explain his theories to a colleague.
Calculus