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Political thinker that wrote the Two Treatises of Government
Who is John Locke?
100
Scientific knowledge and this was applied to the issues of government and law.
What is reason?
100
Thomas Hobbes shares his ideas of government in this widely popular book.
What is the Leviathan?
100
He created the Heliocentric Model.
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
100
He said, “In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare..."
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
200
Believer of a powerful government which is needed for protection
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
200
John Locke was an influence on these ideas.
What is political?
200
John Locke wrote this book to show that people should consent to the government.
What is Two Treatises on Government?
200
He created the Laws of Gravity and Calculus.
Who is Isaac Newton?
200
The Heliocentric Model places this at the center of our galaxy.
What is the sun?
300
Believer of separation of Church and State, and criticized injustice
Who is Voltaire?
300
Thomas Hobbes believed humans live in this.
What is a primitive state of nature?
300
Montesquieu wrote this book to talk about the separation of powers in the government.
What is The Spirit of Laws?
300
Johannes Kepler discovered the this shaped orbit of planets.
What is elliptical?
300
He was influenced by Enlightenment thinkers when writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
He believed that the separation of powers is important for a good government.
Who is Montesquieu?
400
Francis Bacon created this which used observation and reason.
What is the scientific method?
400
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote this to talk about the contract between the people and government.
What is the Social Contract?
400
He proved the Heliocentric Model, but was put under house arrest.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
400
Both Galileo and Newton challenged them with their ideas.
What is the Church?
500
He thought that there was a contract between the people and the government
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
500
Voltaire believed that religious this is greater than religious fanaticism.
What is toleration?
500
The name of Isaac Newton's book which contained theories about gravity.
What is Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy?
500
He is known as the Father of Modern Philosophy.
Who is René Descartes?
500
René Descartes created this form of math.
What is analytical geometry?