Term
|
Definition
Founder of the modern social science of economics
Laissez faire
stated in The Wealth of Nations
Government should: protect society, defend citizens, keep up public works |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The Spirit of the Laws
Identified republics despotists and monarchies
Separation of Power(checks and balances) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| rulers tried to govern by enlightenment principles while maintaining full royal powers |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
developed the scientific method,
learned about nature using inductive reasoning |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| confirmed the planets were solid material, not orbs of light. Moons on Jupiter. People got mad at him. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
World was a machine that opperated according to natural law
Gravity
Principia |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind
The Social Contract- society govern by their own general will |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
receptive of Enlightenment ideals.
abolish serfdom, death penalty, religious toleration |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
To let the people do what they want
Adam Smith |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
female German astronomer
discovered a comet |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres
heliocentric solar system |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
planets and sun revolve a stationary earth in a circular orbit
stars are fixed in their position |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"Father of Modern Philosophy"
father of modern Rationalism
"I think therefore I am" |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Treatise and Toleration
Criticism of christianity
Deism-based on reason and natural law |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
published On the Motion of Heart Blood
blood circulates |
|
|
