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The late 17th – 18th centuries

Challenged Political Authority

Challenged Religious Authority

Challenged the Social Order

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French Aristocrat Wanted a

Constitutional Monarchy in France

Wrote the book - The Spirit of the Laws in 1748

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Separation of Powers - 3 Branches of Gov’t Executive Legislative Judicial

Checks and Balances each checks the power

of the other Power shouldn’t rest in

one person

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French Middle Class Exiled to Great

Britain “Letters on the

English” Candide

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Civil Liberties Universal

toleration of all people

Religious Tolerance

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“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

Freedom of Speech

Freedom of Expression

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From the lower-class

Emile Education

children must develop naturally and spontaneously

learn by direct experience

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“man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”

The Social Contract people entered into a

social contract among themselves

surrender all their rights to the community

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General Will the will of the majority

Government is a necessary evil if it does not carry out

the General Will, the people can overthrow it

Popular Sovereignty Power of the

government rests in the people

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Highly Educated Editor of The

Encyclopedievirtually all

important French philosophes contributed

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Articles attacked The Old Regimereligious

intoleranceunjust taxationgovernmental

absolutism

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Scottish Father of Modern

Economics Believed in Capitalism

The Invisible Hand Competition will regulate

the economy laissez-faire policy

No Government intervention

Hands-off

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English A Vindication on

the Rights of Men A Vindication on

the Rights of Women

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Supported the idea of Natural Rights

Believed Women should be educated

Mary Wollstonecraft

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Scottish ATreatise of

Human Nature Empiricism

Knowledge comes from experience

Skepticism

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Austrian

His work influenced other composers, i.e. Beethoven

His music reflected “a vision of humanity”

He was able to show mood through his works: Operas, Sonatas, Symphonies etc….

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German

Transitioned music from Classical to Romantic

Dedicated Eroica [French for Hero] to Napoleon

Retracted dedication when Napoleon declared himself Emperor

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Started going deaf in his 20s – used a special rod attached to a soundboard that he bit, the vibrations helped him to perceive the sounds

Completely lost his hearing in 1815, but continued to compose and to conduct successfully

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Suffered from Bipolar disorder and suicidal thoughts

Most likely died of lead poisoning

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Women played an important role

Rich women held gatherings in their drawing rooms, or salons

Writers, musicians, painters, and philosophes exchanged ideas

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Began well before the Enlightenment, dating as far back as the Renaissance

Lasted through the Enlightenment period

Contributed to the questioning of Royal and Religious Authority

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Ptolemy Greco-Roman

citizen of Egypt Geocentric

Theory Ideas were

widely accepted by the Catholic Church

Scientific Revolution – disproved Ptolemy

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Polish

Countered the teachings of the Church

Heliocentric Theory of the Universe

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Italian

Contradicted the teachings of the Church

Invented a more powerful Telescope

Proved the Heliocentric Theory of the Universe

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Danish Astronomer

Combined the Teachings of the Church with Science

Observed the Universe with the Naked Eye

Collected Data used by later Astronomers

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The Tychonic Theory

Brahe’s Observatory

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Lost his Nose in a drunken duel w/ fellow Danish Noble

Had a replacement nose of Gold and Silver attached by paste

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His father died of pneumonia after saving Frederick II of Denmark from drowning

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He kept a “dwarf” named Jepp who he believed was clairvoyant

Jepp sat under the table during dinner

Had a pet Elk that died after drinking too much beer and falling down the stairs

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For 100s of years it was believed he died from an exploded bladder at a dinner party

Recent studies show mercury poisoning

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Johannes Kepler• German• He was Brahe’s apprentice – may have killed Brahe for his data

• Used Brahe’s data to Mathematically prove the Heliocentric Theory

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Kepler’s 3 Laws of Planetary Motion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRT3m2Wzyh4&feature=related

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Galen Physician in

Ancient Rome His Medical

knowledge was based on dissections of monkeys and pigs

Scientific Revolution – disproved Galen

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Italian

Founder of Modern Human Anatomy

De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books)

Disproved Galen

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A PageFrom Vesalius’

Book

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English

Discovered how the Heart works and how it pumps blood through the Circulatory System

Disproved Galen

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English

Calculus

3 Laws of Motion

Universal Gravitation

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"A body continues to maintain its state of rest or of uniform motion unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force."

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"F = ma: the net force on an object is equal to the mass of the object multiplied by its acceleration."

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"To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVdqxYyFRKY