The Intellectual Revolution Flashcards
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scientific revolution
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cange in the way people thought about science and nature
2
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scientists of the scientific revolution
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Galileo, Brahe, Newton, Cupernacus
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Galileo
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made the telescope
his discoveries frightened the church
4
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Newton
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laws of motion
5
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Cupernacus
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heliocentric theory
6
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geocentric theory
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Earth is at the center of the universe
7
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heliocentric theory
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Sun is at the center of the universe
8
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Old views
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- negative views on humans
- God is the puppet master
9
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New views
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- humanism
- God created the natural laws, but the people are not controlled by God
10
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scientific method
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a new, logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
11
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Enlightenment
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change in the way powple thought about human nature, government, and economy
12
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Thomas Hobbes
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- believes that the first government formed when poeple joined together for protection
- believed that people are naturally bad
13
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John Lock
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- believed in social contract: to give up one thing for another
- the three natural rights
- if gov. does not protect natual rights, it is their duty to over throw the gov.
14
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Voltare
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- supported religious freedom and voice
- attacked church and government using satire
15
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Cesare Beccaria
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- laws are to maintain order, not to punish
- against death penalties
- criminals should have rights: a sppedy trial, public trial, trial by jury, no torture
