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Science & the Enlightenment
Potpourri
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A scientist whose invention of calculus helped him prove the existence of an universal gravitation.
Who was Isaac Newton?
200
The single most important factor in the creation of a new worldview of the Enlightenment. It resulted from abbelief in scientific methods to solve not only the mysteries of the universe, but also everyday problems of people on earth.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
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A movement based on the belief that religion and reason could be combined.
What is deism?
300
A favorite word of Enlightenment thinkers, it referred to the application of the methods of natural science to examine and understand many aspects of life.
What is reason?
300
The founder of modern western feminism,she was an English writer who was an advocate for women's rights.
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
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He was a French writer, critic, and reformer. His mockery of the regent for the French king led his imprisonment in 1717. His most famous satire, Candide, attacked war and religious persecution as well as aristocratic privilege and the power of clerics.
Who is Voltaire?
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He was a philosopher who argued that previous cultural and scientific achievements had produced pretension, conformity, and idle luxury. He also believed in the essential good of human nature. In his novel, Emile, he argued that children should be educated in a such a way as to preserve their natural goodness.
Who was Jean Jacques Rousseau?
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He was an author, philosopher, and, though, critical of the French government, a high-ranking French judge. His political thoughts shaped the three branches model of government that was characterized by separation of powers and checks and balances.
Who was the baron de Montesquieu (Charles-Louis de Secondat)?