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35 Cards in this Set
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Francis Bacon
statesman, Philosophy, jurist, Essayist, Science |
Novum Organum , or Negotiating
philosophies: inductive reasoning; wanted an encyclopedia of all knowledge |
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Pierre bayle
Philosophy, Government |
Historical and Critical Dictionary.
Philosophies: religious tolerance; skepticism; freedom of thought; free trade |
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Cesare Beccaria
philosophy, law, government |
On crime and punishment
philosophies: No capital punishment; innocent until proven guilty; humans=freewill, manipulabiliy |
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tycho brahe
astrology, astronomy |
On the new and never previously seen star.
philosophies: no heliocentric universe; tychonic universe; explorations |
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Catherine the Great
Empress of Russia |
philosophies: nobles over peasants; black sea; westernize russia; education; health
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Cpernicus
medicene, math, law, astronomy |
on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres
philosophies: heliocentric universe; single, unified currency; maps |
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Rene Descartes
philosophy, classics, math, logic |
la geometrie, la dioptrique, meditations on first philosophy
philosophies: hyperbolic doubt(you exist but you do not know you exist); math proes god |
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Denis diderot
law, language, math, literature, philosophy |
encyclopedie, an essay on blindness, physicology elements
philosophies: evolution; braille system; no divine right; pointed out flaws in monarchs |
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Frederick the Great
King of Prussia |
philosophies: westernize prussia; no serfs; no sea trade; army refor
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Galileo
math, medicene, science, astrology |
saggiatore, two new sciences
philosophies: heliocentric universe; gravity; law of inertia; moon not smooth |
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thomas hobbes
philosophy, politics, economics |
the leviathan
philosophies: government=social contract; monarchy= best form of gov't |
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Baron d' holbach
philosophy |
system of nature
philosophies: no: free will, god, heaven; ATHEIST; intolerant; humans=machines |
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immanuel kant
math, physical science, philosophy |
perpetual peace
philosophies: noumena: unknowable things; a person has rights; money=wars |
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Johannes kepler
math, astronomy, astrology |
mystery of the cosmos
philosophies: 3 loaws of planetary mothion; he was proving god; sun causes seasons |
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John locke
medicine, science, philosphy |
essay concernin Human understanding
philosophies: life, liberty, property; social contract; tabula rasa; interest rates; surpulus |
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Cpernicus
medicene, math, law, astronomy |
on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres
philosophies: heliocentric universe; single, unified currency; maps |
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Rene Descartes
philosophy, classics, math, logic |
la geometrie, la dioptrique, meditations on first philosophy
philosophies: hyperbolic doubt(you exist but you do not know you exist); math proes god |
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Denis diderot
law, language, math, literature, philosophy |
encyclopedie, an essay on blindness, physicology elements
philosophies: evolution; braille system; no divine right; pointed out flaws in monarchs |
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Frederick the Great
King of Prussia |
philosophies: westernize prussia; no serfs; no sea trade; army refor
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Galileo
math, medicene, science, astrology |
saggiatore, two new sciences
philosophies: heliocentric universe; gravity; law of inertia; moon not smooth |
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thomas hobbes
philosophy, politics, economics |
the leviathan
philosophies: government=social contract; monarchy= best form of gov't |
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Baron d' holbach
philosophy |
system of nature
philosophies: no: free will, god, heaven; ATHEIST; intolerant; humans=machines |
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immanuel kant
math, physical science, philosophy |
perpetual peace
philosophies: noumena: unknowable things; a person has rights; money=wars |
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Johannes kepler
math, astronomy, astrology |
mystery of the cosmos
philosophies: 3 loaws of planetary mothion; he was proving god; sun causes seasons |
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John locke
medicine, science, philosphy |
essay concernin Human understanding
philosophies: life, liberty, property; social contract; tabula rasa; interest rates; surpulus |
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Louis XV
King of France |
philosophies: tax on everyone; new and docile parlement
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Montesquieu
science, philosophy |
persian letters, spirit of laws
philosophies: seperation of powers; checkes and balances; equality for all; democracy |
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isaac newton
physics, astronomy, master of the royal mint |
principia
philosophies: 3 laws of motions; law of gravitation; rules of philosophy; universe=math |
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Blaise pascal
geometry, science, theocracy |
esssay on conics, apology to the chrstian religion
philosophies: conics; adding machine; attacked jesuits; probability=salvation good |
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Francois quesnay
economics |
tableau economique
philosophies: free trade; physiocrates; rags-to-riches; foreign trade; "natural state" |
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jean-jacques Rousseau
philosophy, education |
the social contract, emile
philosophies: education; gov't=social contract; general will=majority rules, respects minority |
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adam smith
philosophy, economics |
the theory of moral sentiment
the wealth of nations philosophies: free trade; mercantilism; laissez-faire |
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maria theresa
queen of austria, empress of HRE |
philosophies: state over church; education; all pay taxes; catholic;central gov't
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voltaire
law, literature, theology |
philosophical dictionary, an exerpt on religion, candide
philosophies: not everything is run by god; people=corrupt; religious tolerance |
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mary wollstonecraft
teacher, feminist |
vindication on the rights of women
philosophies: women =men; education of women; "liberty, equality, fraternity" for women. |
