C Flashcards
Who said people are naturally good, but corrupted by society?
Rousseau
Who was Louis XIV?
an absolute monarch (not an enlightened monarch)
What did Hobbe and and Rousseau agree the state should be based on?
the social contract
Who was placed on house arrest by the Church for supporting heliocentrism?
Galileo
Who was famous for the quote: “I think, therefore I am”?
Rene Dscartes
Who was the president of the new Chinese republic after the fall of the Qing Dynasty?
Sun Yixian (Yat-sen)
Who thought the opening of Aftica would help end slavery?
David Livingstone
Galileo created… what?
the 1st telescope
What is the theory that says the sun is in the center of the universe?
Heliocentric
Who discovered planets move in elliptical (pear shaped) orbits?
Johannes Kepler
The law of gravity was discovered by…?
Isaac Newton
Who’s inductive reasoning led to the creation of the Scientific Method?
Francis Bacon
Who utilized satire in his writings about French Society?
Voltaire
