enlightenment and sci rev philosophers!!

copernicus

sci rev: heliocentric model, sun-centered universe with Earth (spinning on its axis daily) and other planets revolving around it

Brache

sci rev: astronomical observations/data, laid groundwork for Kepler (comets, planetary orbit, supernova)

kepler

sci rev: 3 laws of planetary motion, the ellipses theory (Earth doesnt spin in a perfect circle, but in an ellipitcal orbit)

Galileo

sci rev: modernized telescope technology, observed sunspots, craters on a moon, saturns rings), proved celestial bodues were made of the same matieral as earth

newton

sci rev: The Principia, laws of motion (inertia), laws of universal gravitation (every object in the universe attracts every other object with a force)

Vesalius

sci rev: dissections of the human body, emphasized obersation and empirical evidence

harvey

sci rev: observed blood flow throughout the body, the heart is a pump, aerties carry blood away from the heart, veins return blood

john locke

e: social contract theory (people willingl giving up their right of life, liberty and property, to the government that will protect their natural rights, if the government fails then people can overthrow it), tabula rosa/ blank slate (people are born blank and their experiences make them who they are and give them knowledge)

voltaire

e: religious tolerance, separation of church and state, championed deism (belief in a “supreme being”), purpose of life (happiness for all through progress of art and science)

diderot

e: contributor to the “Encyclopedia”, rational thought, faith in progress of the human mind 

rousseau

e: The Social Contract, proposes “general will” (collective desire for the common good), popular sovereignty (kings receive power from the will of the people NOT GOD)

mary Wollstonecraft

e: Vindication of the Rights of Woman,   natural rights on personal liberty applied to EVERYONE, woman also having reason means they’re entitled to the same rights as men, promoted equal education 

adam smith

Wealth of Nations,  attacked mercantilism, laissez-faire (individuals pursuing their own economic self interest), no government interference on trade, established foundation of free market/capitalism