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| was the belief that the Earth was the center of the universe and the Sun and stars revolved around it. Copernicus then introduced the heliocentric model with the Sun at the center |
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| the period of great advances in the sciences, roughly 1500-1700 |
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| The heliocentric theory argues that the Sun is the central body of the solar system and perhaps of the universe. |
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| Scientist, and Phylosipher |
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| method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested. |
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| A great scientist, made Newtons Laws of Motion |
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| the state of being enlightened: to live in spiritual enlightenment. |
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| the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members. |
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| English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704) |
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| any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire. |
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| 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist. |
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| 1689–1755, French philosophical writer. |
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| French painter, who created bold dreamlike pictures, often of exotic landscapes in a naive style. |
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| 1759–97, English author and feminist |
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