Neoclassicism Nicolaus Copernicus Population increases in the 1700s Geocentric model of the universe

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 Ancient Greek doctor who advanced the humoral theory of the body Rejected the humoral theory and claimed that chemical imbalances caused disease, meaning chemical remedies could be used to cure people. 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

Using general principles to determine specific consitions private drawing rooms where wealthy Parisian women would have intellectual discussions with aristocrats There is no morality in the state of nature. You need government to order the chaos of nature Saw that the population was rising faster than the food supply, thought Europe was heading towards starvation

Catherine the great extended civl liberties to Russian Jews 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 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 Overall, religion was increasingly viewed as a matter of private, rather than public concern. Structures of society grew increasingly secular.

Salon Neoclassicism Voltaire Urbanization