Science and the Stars
Model of the universe with Earth at the center
What is geocentrism?
This Polish scientiest conveniently waited until the year of his death in 1543 to publish his most famous book, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.
Who is Copernicus?
The concept that individuals surrender their natural rights to the state, which is then charged with the task of maintaining and protecting those rights.
What is the social contract?
English scientist who came up with the law of universal gravitation (and three other laws of motion).
Who is Isaac Newton?
In Two Treatises of Government, John Locke argued humans have what three natural rights?
This ruler of Russia exemplified enlightened despotism.
Who is Catherine the Great?
Florentine scientist who improved the telescope and observed moon's bumps and Jupiter's moons, though he is better known for other works.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
Emmanual Kant's seminal essay (in German: Was ist Aufklärung?)
What is What is Enlightenment?
This English philosopher who argued for a strong absolute monarchy, which he called a Leviathan.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Second-century Greek thinker who added complexity to Artistotle's model.
Who is Ptolemy?
This pork-named English thinker is associated with the Scientific Method.
Who is Francis Bacon?
This term means that knowledge is acquired from sensory experiences.
What is empiricism?
Danish astronomer who observed the "new star" in Cassiopaiea.
Who is Tycho Brahe?
In his most famous work Candide, this French writer satirized both established religion and secular government.
Who is Voltaire
Political philosophy associated with Jeremy Bentham.
What is utilitarianism?