WWH chap. 15 Terms Flashcards
Theory says that the sun is the center of the universe
Heliocentric
Reasoning from specific cases to a general conclusion called
Inductive reasoning
Philosophy says that everything is part of one great substance called “God”
Pantheism
“All knowledge comes through experience” expresses which philosophy
Empiricism
The eighteenth-century social critics know who disrespected church tradition
Philosophers
The eighteenth-century American revival called
Great awakening
Term is applied to music with several intertwined melody lines
Polyphony
Wrote “ decline and fall of the Roman Empire” out spoken critic of Christianity
Gibbon
French comedies
Moliere
School of thought supported the existence of God as creator but denied his involvement in human affairs
Deism
Art style that was dramatic, turbulent, and sensual
Baroque
“To err is human, to forgive divine.”
Pope
Wrote Gulliver’s travels
Swift
Wrote “Robinson crusoe”
Defoe
These are associated with the artist; musical, operas & symphonies, and instrumental & chamber music
Mozart
Heliocentric theory
Copernicus
Telescopes improvements
Galileo
Chemicals used to treat disease
Paracelsus
Circulation of blood
Harvey
Vaccination
Jenner
The framers of the U.S. Constitution borrowed his idea of separation of powers
Montesquieu
Gathering observations, finding a pattern in the observations, choosing and appropriate conclusion to explain the observations
Scientific method
Father of modern chemistry
Lavoisier
Was a mapmaker
Mercator
Microscope improvements
Leeuwenhoek
Deductive reasoning
Descartes
Inductive reasoning
Bacon
Both men were Englishman hymn writers, and preachers
Isaac Watts & Charles Wesley
The chief means for spreading the ideas of the philosophes
Encyclope’die
He was credited for invention of the reflecting telescope, laws of gravitation, and principia
Sir Isaac Newton
It says increasing pressure on a gas reduces its volume
Boyle’s law
Discovered the chemical substances of ammonia, oxygen, and carbon dioxide
Priestly
Eighteenth-century intellectual movement
Enlightenment
The belief that sees reason as the only sure source of knowledge and truth
Rationalism
Known for figures that are elongated
El Greco
A combination of vocal and instrumental music telling s sacred story
Oratorio
Art style expressed the orderly, formal, and balanced approach of the enlightenment
Neoclassical
Dutch painter was known for his effect of contrasting light with dark
Rembrandt
Maintained that the “general will” meant majority rule
Social contract
List & describe two pilosophes of the enlightenment
Diderot- he edited the encyclopedie, the chief instrument for spreading the ideas of the philosophies. He wrote several hundred articles for the multivolume work.
Rousseau- although he was a friend to the other philosophes, he was out of step with most of them. He favored emotion and sentiment above reason. (Father of romanticism)
Describe the results that John Wesley’s work and the work of others like him had on Britain
Spiritual revival broke the apathetic attitude among professing Christians. More domestic reform and foreign missions. Helped improve moral condition of England and restrain social upheaval.
