SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION & ENLIGHTMENT

SCIENTIST

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

• Believed the Greek idea, the sun is in the center if the universe .
• Reasoned that the stars, earth, and other planets revolved around the sun.
• proved this theory is true.

JOHANNES KEPLER

GALILEO GALILEI

• He Found out that falling objects accelerates at a fixed and predictable rate.
• His studies also caused him to have house arrest for going against the church.
• Found out his research matched/close to Copernicus' studies on the universe.
• Invented the Telescope.

SIR FRANCIS BACON

• Attacked scholars for relying on the conclusion of Aristole.
• Criticized mid evil scholars.
• Came up with empiricism

RENE DESCARTES

• He is credited as the father of analytical geometry, the bridge between algebra and geometry.
• Relied on math and logic
• Followed some strict reasons.

PHILOSOPHY

JOHN LOCKE

• Believed people could learn from experience and improve themselves
• He believed people are born equal and free

VOLTAIRE

• He published more than 70 books on essays, philosophy, history, fiction, and drama.
• He had a sharp tongue
• He would never stop fighting for tolerance

MONTESQUIEU

• He wrote separation of powers
• Was known as a "Political thinker"
• Wrote Oh The Spirit Of Laws
• He believed each individual had rights.

ROUSSEAU

• Influenced the French Revolution
• He believed children would know to be reasoned, they don't need to be educated.

WOLLSTONECRAFT

• She wrote novels, a history of the French Revolution, and children's books.
• Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
• She was a feminist writer and intellectual
• Died during child birth

HOBBES

• He mostly wrote about political philosophy, history, ethics, and geometry.
• He believed that man was evil
• Tutor of Prince Whales

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