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The People Of The Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment
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THE PEOPLE OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION & ENLIGHTENMENT
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SCIENTISTS
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NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
Discovered that the Sun stood at the center of the universe(heliocentric).
25 years later he reasoned that the stars, Earth, and the other planets revolved around the sun.
Published his book in 1543 that had his theory's in it.
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JOHANNES KEPLER
Concluded that there were certain mathematical laws that govern planetary motion.
Said that the Sun revolves around the planets in elliptical orbits instead of circles.
Keplers laws showed that Copernicus's ideas were true.
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GALILEO GALILEI
Discovered the law of pendulum in a Cathedral.
Discovered a falling object accelerates at a fixed & predictable rate.
He built his own telescope.
Discovered that Jupiter has 4 moons, and the sun had dark spots.
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SIR FRANCIS BACON
Urged scientists to experiment.
Said that scientists should observe the world and gather information about it.
Then he said scientists should draw conclusions.
He discovered the experimental method.
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RENE DESCARTES
Developed analytical geometry(Algebra & Geometry).
Believed everything should be doubted until proved.
Said that scientists should reject old assumptions.
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PHILOSOPHERS
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JOHN LOCKE
Believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves.
Criticized absolute monarchy and favored the idea of self-government.
Believed all people are born with 3 natural rights; life, liberty, and property.
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VOLTAIRE
Believed in tolerance, freedom of religion, & freedom of speech.
Admired the English government much more than his own.
He dared to raise doubts about the Christian religion.
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MONTESQUIEU
Devoted himself to the study of political liberty.
Believed that Britain was the best governed country of it's own day.
He proposed that separation of powers would keep any individual or group form gaining total control of the government.
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ROUSSEAU
Was passionately committed to individual freedom.
Argued that civilization corrupted people's goodness.
Believed that the only good government was the one that was freely formed by the people.
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WOLLSTONECRAFT
Disagreed that woman's education should be secondary to men's.
Believed that woman, like men need an education to become virtuous and useful.
Believed that woman should not only be nurse's, but doctor's too.
She argued for woman's right's in politics.
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THOMAS HOBBES
Believed that we all fear violent death.
Believed that we have a right to defend ourselves in any way possible.
Also believed that since resources are scarce life is a "war of all against all".
He believed that it's in our best interest to avoid war.
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