Vocab Module 12 Flashcards
Baroque
Relating to a grand, mate style that characterized European painting music and architecture in the 1600s early 1700s
Deism
A belief held by many scientists and philosophers during the enlightenment that God created the universe and then allowed it to run on its own following natural laws
Enlightened Despot
One of the 18th-century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects
Enlightenment
An 18th-century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principle of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society
Geocentric Theory
In the Middle Ages, the earth centered view of the universe in which scholars believed that the earth was an immovable object located at the center of the universe
Heliocentric theory
The idea that earth and other planets revolve around the sun
Neoclassical
Relating to a simple, elegant art style (based on ideas and themes from Ancient Greece and Rome) that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s
Philosophe
One of a gf of onof social thinkers in Grace during the Enlightenment
Rationalism
A belief held by Enlightenment thinkers that truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking’s
Salon
A social gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the houses of wealthy women in Paris and other European cities during the Enlightenment
Scientific method
A logical procedure for fathering information about the natural world in which experimentation and observation are use to test hypotheses
Scientific revolution
A minor change in European thought starting in the mid 1500s in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and questioning of accepted beliefs
Social contract
The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights thus creating a organized society or government
