modern world flashcarss

Kepler

Used complex mathematics to prove that planet orbits are not circular, but elliptical

Descartes

Reason is the source of knowledge; mind and matter are sperate; the only thing you know for sure is your own thoughts

Harvey

Anatomy; heart is the source of blood pumping

Vesallius

Wrote first anatomy textbook; dissected human bodies instead of animal bodies even though it was considered a sin

Hobbes

men are evil and need to be governed

Locke

Life liberty property; inspired declaration of independence; power comes from consent of the people

Rosseau

General will; laws should express the collective will of all citizens

Voltaire

religious tolerance; free speech; deism

Diderot

compiled all human knowledge into one book, the encyclopedia, making info accessible

Wolestonecraft

women’s rights advocate

Smith

government should not touch the economy; laissez-faire; inspired US independence from britian

Enlightened Despot

a monarch who tried ot embrace Enlightenment ideas without giving up thier power

Fredrick II

First servant of the state; religous freedom; kept surfdom

Joesph II

Radical reformer; religous toleration; abolished surfdom

Cathrine the Great

Exchnaged letters with Voltaire; expanded power of nobilty

Copernicus

Heliocentric theory

Newton

universal law of grav, (gave scientice to whole world) 3 laws

Bacon

make discoveries for humans easier, move knowledge from acient texts to reason, and improve trade, agroculte, and industry

Fredrick II

First servant of the state; religious tolerance; kept serfdom

someone II

Radical reformer, relgous tolerance, abolish surfdom

cathrine the great

exchnaged letters with volatiare but kept nobilty in place,