SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION & ENLIGHTENMENT

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

• Said that the stars, the earth, and the other planets evolve around the sun.
• came up with the Copernican Model of the Solar System.
• Came up with the heliocentric theory

JOHANNES KEPLER

• Showed that certain mathematical laws govern planetary motion.
• Proved that the planets move in elliptical orbits
• His ideas demonstrated that the planets revolve around the sun.

GALILEO GALILEI

• Discovered the laws of pendulum.
• Discovered that the chandelier and pendulum swing at the same time
• Invented the telescope

SIR FRANCIS BACON

• Thought scholars should observe the world and then gather information.
• Then draw conclusions from that information.
• It's called empiricism or the experimental method.

RENE DESCARTES

• Developed analytical geometry
• Linked algebra to geometry
• Relied on mathematics and logic

JOHN LOCKE

• Different view of human nature.
• Believed That people learn from experience.
• Believed all people are equal.

VOLTAIRE

• Mocked the laws and customs of France
• Used sotire against his opponents
• Fought for tolerance

MONTESQUIEU

• Devoted himself to political liberty
• Studied the history of Rome.
• Believed Britain was best governed

ROUSSEAU

• Committed to individual freedom
• Disagreed with other enlightenment think on many matters.
• Influenced the French Revolution

WOLLSTONECRAFT

• Believed that women's education shouldn't be second to men's
• Argued that women, like men, need education to become useful
• Advocate of women's rights

HOBBES

• Worked on political philosophy
• Changed perspective of social contact
• Developed fundamental of European liberal thought.