English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women 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 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. Challenged the geocentric model of the universe through mathematics and put forward the heliocentric model, where everything orbits the sun.

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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 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 There is no morality in the state of nature. You need government to order the chaos of nature Using general principles to determine specific consitions

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There is no morality in the state of nature. You need government to order the chaos of nature 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 Rejected the humoral theory and claimed that chemical imbalances caused disease, meaning chemical remedies could be used to cure people. 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