Scientists
He built a castle on the Island called Uraniborg which he designed for his astronomical observations
Who Is Tycho Brahe?
social gatherings in private homes where intellectuals, artists, and philosophers met to discuss and debate ideas, literature, and art
What is Enlightenment Salons?
What is astronomy?
a philosophical movement that dominated in Europe during the 18th century
What was the Enlightenment?
Discovered that the planets move elliptically rather than circular.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
The Scientific Revolution disproved his theories
Who is Aristotle?
French for "philosophers"
What is philosophes
an unprecedented increase in agricultural production in Britain arising from increases in labor and land productivity between the mid-17th and late 19th centuries.
What was the Agricultural Revolution?
best known for his promotion of the scientific method.
Who is Francis Bacon?
He modernized Prussia
Who is Frederick the Great?
a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.
What is a despot?
argued that to provide the greatest freedom and security for the state was through a separation of powers
Who was Montesquieu?
formulation of the law of universal gravitation.
Who is Isaac Newton?
Author of the satirical novella 'Candide,' He is widely considered one of France's greatest Enlightenment writers.
Who is Voltaire?
Another name for geocentric theory
What is Ptolemic Theory?
He developed a compact between the individual and a collective “general will” aimed at the common good and reflected in the laws of an ideal state
Who is Rousseau?
accurately sketched and described the anatomy of the human body by actually dissecting human bodies
Who is Andreas Vesalius?
This treaty ended the Austrian Succesion
What is the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle
the sun as the center
What is heliocentric?
He was the Holy Roman Emperor of the Austrian Habsburg dominion from 1765 to 1790. He was the epitome of an enlightened despot.
Who was Joseph II