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Enlightenment

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

  • By: Mario Vennettilli😀

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

  • Belief that the sun was in the center of the universe.
  • Heliocentric theory.
  • Published his findings in 1543.
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JOHANNES KEPLER

  • Discovered that planets move in eliptical order.
  • Laws showed Copernicus ideas were true.
  • He was a math Metician.

GALILEO GALILEI

  • Invented the telescope.
  • Discovered the law of the pendulum.
  • Discovered that large abjects fall at the
  • Speed as small ones.
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SIR FRANCIS BACON

  • English politician.
  • Passionate interest in science.
  • He created emperorism.
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RENE DESCARTES

  • Created algebra.
  • Father of modern philosophy.
  • Claimed the world is made of matter.

JOHN LOCKE

  • English professor.
  • Became famous for his "essay on human understanding.
  • Studied medicine.
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VOLTAIRE

  • Wrote plays and poetry.
  • Didn't support the dogmatic theory
  • Of institutional regions.
  • French writer.
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MONTESQUIEU

  • Created the three legislative branches.
  • Wrote on the spirit of laws.
  • Believed in the rights of the individual person.
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ROUSSEAU

  • French philosopher.
  • Composer.
  • A writer
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WOLLSTONECRAFT

  • Fight for women's rights.
  • Writer.
  • Has a masters from Stanford.
  • Opened a school for girls.

HOBBES

  • English professor.
  • Known for his political thoughts.
  • Went to oxford university.