Ancient Greek doctor who advanced the humoral theory of the body
Humoral theory of the body
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
Galileo Galilei
Built a telescope and observed that other planets and moons, existed, and weren’t just balls of light
Salon
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Saw that the population was rising faster than the food supply, thought Europe was heading towards starvation
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.
Copernicus and keplers books ended up on the index of prohibited books
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.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Rejected the humoral theory and claimed that chemical imbalances caused disease, meaning chemical remedies could be used to cure people.
Challenged the geocentric model of the universe through mathematics and put forward the heliocentric model, where everything orbits the sun.
In the later 1700s, the nature and subject of art shifted from state and religious themes to themes that appealed to bourgeoisie society
Atheism
Consumer Revolution
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
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
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
Thanks to new technologies, fewer people were required for farming, leading many to move to the cities.
Deductive reasoning
Population increases in the 1700s
Overall, religion was increasingly viewed as a matter of private, rather than public concern. Structures of society grew increasingly secular.
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.
During the scientific Revolution, the scientific method was invented, which emphasizes observations and experimentation
Tenaments
Inductive reasoning
Natural rights
The idea that human beings, just by virtue of being human, possess rights like life liberty and property
Thomas Hobbes
Enlightened Absolutism
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Attacked mercantilist economics. Promoted laissez-faire, free-market economy, and supply-and-demand economics.
A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792)
