Johannes Kepler Affirmed Copernicus’ findings and through complex math of his own, found that plants orbit in ellipses, not perfect circles
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The transition in Europe from a society where literacy consisted of patriarchal and communal reading of religious texts to a society where literacy was commonplace and reading material was broad and diverse. Books also became less religious. So religious censorship increased
Jean-Jacques Rousseau A French man who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy. Similar ideas to John Locke. Idea of the social contract
Galileo Galilei Built a telescope and observed that other planets and moons, existed, and weren’t just balls of light
Deism
Geocentric model of the universe Every body in the galaxy circled around the earth, including the sun. This was the Catholic Churches view and presumed model of the universe in midevil europe
Mary Wollstonecraft
Contagious Diseases Act This allowed police officers to arrest any woman they suspected to be a prostitute. They were then permitted to give that woman an examination to prevent the spread of STDs. This is state-sponsered sexual assault.
The body is made up of 4 substances: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and flem? Imbalance of these 4 lead to disease. This is where blood letting came from
Voltaire Most famous French philosopher. Produced many works that criticized social and religious institutions of France. Supported religious tolerance, natural rights, but didn’t believe in democracy, only enlightened absolutism
a cheap apartment building often crammed with people created in response to the influx of people moving into cities
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Attacked mercantilist economics. Promoted laissez-faire, free-market economy, and supply-and-demand economics.
French thinkers
Ancient Greek doctor who advanced the humoral theory of the body
William Harvey Further overturned Galen’s theory by proving how the circulatory system works
These new ideas from Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo are challenging established beliefs of the Catholic Church during the catholic counter reformation. The geocentric model fit nicely with scripture so the church stuck with it.
Atheism Diderot defined it as someone who knows about god, but actively rejects his existence
Collaborated with other enlightened thinkers to edit and publish an encyclopedia that contained a rational explanation for everything.
The enlightenment Enlightenment thinkers applied new methods of reasoning to politics, and human institutions
Urbanization Thanks to new technologies, fewer people were required for farming, leading many to move to the cities.
Enlightened Absolutism a system in which rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their full royal powers. Rulers only acted enlightened when it benefitted them.
Middle and upper classes had more income, rise in demand for goods increased. People began wanting larger homes and more privacy and new venues for leisure
Popes response to galieleo Despite him being a devote catholic, the pope ruled him a heretic and placed him under house arrest. But his books were published after his death
Argued that natural rights were given by god, not a government, so a government couldn’t take them away. Therefore power originates with the people
Enlightenment views of religion Overall, religion was increasingly viewed as a matter of private, rather than public concern. Structures of society grew increasingly secular.
Saw that the population was rising faster than the food supply, thought Europe was heading towards starvation
A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) Argued that women and men were equal, and anything women seemed inferior at, it was only because they had been denied education and opportunities by men
Salon private drawing rooms where wealthy Parisian women would have intellectual discussions with aristocrats
Deductive reasoning Using general principles to determine specific consitions
Nicolaus Copernicus
Further overturned Galen’s theory by proving how the circulatory system works
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Contagious Diseases Act This allowed police officers to arrest any woman they suspected to be a prostitute. They were then permitted to give that woman an examination to prevent the spread of STDs. This is state-sponsered sexual assault.
Francis Bacon Developed inductive reasoning
Consumer Revolution
Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) Saw that the population was rising faster than the food supply, thought Europe was heading towards starvation
John Locke Argued that natural rights were given by god, not a government, so a government couldn’t take them away. Therefore power originates with the people
Johannes Kepler
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
The body is made up of 4 substances: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and flem? Imbalance of these 4 lead to disease. This is where blood letting came from
Galen
Thomas Hobbes
Enlightenment views of religion Overall, religion was increasingly viewed as a matter of private, rather than public concern. Structures of society grew increasingly secular.
Using general principles to determine specific consitions
Rejected the humoral theory and claimed that chemical imbalances caused disease, meaning chemical remedies could be used to cure people.
A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) Argued that women and men were equal, and anything women seemed inferior at, it was only because they had been denied education and opportunities by men
Philosophes French thinkers
Inductive reasoning
The enlightenment Enlightenment thinkers applied new methods of reasoning to politics, and human institutions
Nicolaus Copernicus Challenged the geocentric model of the universe through mathematics and put forward the heliocentric model, where everything orbits the sun.
Deism Voltaire argued that there was a god, but god didn’t intervene in human affairs.
Social Contract
Charter of towns 1792 Catherine the great extended civl liberties to Russian Jews
Neoclassicism In the later 1700s, the nature and subject of art shifted from state and religious themes to themes that appealed to bourgeoisie society
Voltaire Most famous French philosopher. Produced many works that criticized social and religious institutions of France. Supported religious tolerance, natural rights, but didn’t believe in democracy, only enlightened absolutism
Urbanization Thanks to new technologies, fewer people were required for farming, leading many to move to the cities.
Coffee Houses Grew with the increased demand for leisure during the consumer revolution and helped spread enlightenment ideas
Galileo Galilei Built a telescope and observed that other planets and moons, existed, and weren’t just balls of light
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Despite him being a devote catholic, the pope ruled him a heretic and placed him under house arrest. But his books were published after his death
Enlightened Absolutism a system in which rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their full royal powers. Rulers only acted enlightened when it benefitted them.
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