Names Flashcards
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Henry III
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- king of England
- separated from Catholic Church
- established an Anglican Church
2
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Aristotle
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-scientific method
3
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Anton can Leeuwenhoek
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- observed bacteria
- “father of microbiology”
4
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Nicolaus copernicus
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- did not agree with geocentric (earth in the center) model of the universe
- sun at the center
- heliocentric theory
5
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Johannes Kepler
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- expanded on copernicus’s theory of the sun being in the center
- planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits instead of perfect circles
6
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Galileo
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- used a telescope to study the heavens
- confirmed copernicus theory of a heliocentric universe
- ideas went against the church, so he got arrested yet his ideas continued to spread
7
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Isaac Newton
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-law of universal gravitation and motion
8
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William Harvey
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-motion of heart and blood in animals
9
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Jonathan Swift
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-writer
10
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Martin Luther
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- questioned the church
- believed it was abusing its power
- wrote 95 theses against indulgences
11
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Thomas Hobbes
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- humans were violent by nature
- governmental rule is necessary
- social contracts -> some freedom and rights can be taken away in order to create a government and ensure law
12
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Rousseau
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- humans are peaceful by nature
- living under governmental rule leads to un freedom and oppression
- improved the social contract by introducing general will
13
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René descartes
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- used reason to support his faith
- “I think, therefore I am”
14
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Baron Montesquieu
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- government balance of powers
- parliament system -> body of government
15
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John Locke
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- social contract introduced freedom to revolt/ go against unjust government
- people gained knowledge through education, rather than ancestry
