Revolution
A sudden, radical, or complete change
Natural Philosophy
Study of the natural world
Heliocentric theory
Sun at the center of the solar system
Nikolaus Copernicus
Published his views after his death
Galileo Galilei
Studies the heavens with his telescope was forced to recant by RCC
Scientific method
a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
Principia Mathematica
the universe described as a giant clock
Deism
God starts the system and allows it to run according to mathematical principles (no personal involvement with people)
Sir Issac Newton
Explains the laws of gravity
Edward Jenner
Made smallpox vaccine
Robert Boyle
idea of elements in chemistry
Thomas Hobbes
Made “Leviathan” a book explaining the negative view of human nature
Social contract (Hobbes)
People trade their rights for a government
that gives them security
John Locke
People are born free and equal with natural rights
philosophes (France)
philosophers who believe that people can
apply reason to all aspects of life»_space; Rationalism
Baron de Montesquieu
study of political liberty
The Spirit of the Laws (1748)
separation of powers among branches of government
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Champion of freedom
Believed that civilization corrupts people’s natural goodness
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
cultural capital of Europe in the 1700s
Paris
Neoclassical
simple, elegant style borrowed from ancient
Greece and Rome
Novels
Lengthy works of prose fiction
Geocentric theory
Earth at the center of universe
Andreas Vesalius
Dissected humans
