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Well known writer during the enlightenment. Wrote works that foccused the problems of society and how women are being treated along with their lack of education. She fought for womens education in her books and later influenced other women to speak up about issues at the time.

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These were public individuals who applied reason to the study of many areas of learning, including philosophy, history, science, politics, economics, and social issues.

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Contributed to the social contract theory. he strongly influenced the French Revolution that would happen ten years after his death. He also developed a Liberal,onservative and Socialist theory. He saw a fundamental divide between society and human nature. Like Locke he said that it was good for a human to be in a state of nature.

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He is known for his theory of seperation of powers. This meant that there should be more than just one government. he thinks that it should be divided into branches. he was very influential. many of his ideas can even be found in the U.S constitution and declaration of Independence. He also bielieved in checks and balances.

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Voltaire was a French writer during the enlightenment era. He produced many works in many forms. He advocated for civil liberties. Many of his works were censored because of the strict censorship at the time. He sought to defend freedom of religious and political thought.

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The enlightenment was a intellectual and philosopher movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe. different philosophers studied government, philosophy questions and the ideas were centered around reason similiar to the scientific revolution. Music also developed into classical during this era and art was influenced by Greek and Roman styles making it "Neoclassical."

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Was an english philosopher. He is widely seen as the most known enlightenment thinkers. He contributed to the social contract theory. He thought the opposite of Thomas Hobbes. His writings influenced Volatire and Rousseu. He thought that humans were better off without government. He thought there would be peace and no war.

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A social contract is an agreement among citizens or between a ruler and the ruled that defines the rights and duties of each party. This theory was stressed by Hobbes. He bieleved that the people should submit to the government, the government watches over people and the people cant back out of this contract. Another opposing person named John Locke did not have the same belief. He thought that it was volentary. He also thought that the government exists to assist the people. Also that if the government abuses its power it should be overthrown.

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Well known enlightenment thinker. His most famous work is the Levathian. In this book he states that an absolute monarchy is the only true and right form of government. He beileved that humans were naturally selfish. According to him if human beings were placed in a state of nature with no government humans would always be at constant war and there would be no peace.

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Were made by Isaac Newton when he published Principia. The law stated that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force which is dirrectly proportional to the product of the masses.

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He is most known for his laws on how the planets move around the solar system. He published his first two laws on planetary motion in 1609. He stated that all planets revolve around the sun.

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A very well known Greek Philosopher. He was the one who started the theory that the Earth was the center of the universe. Also known as the geocentric theory.

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Was a scientist and studied mathematics and astronomy. He was the leader behind the heliocentric theory, This put the sun at the center of the universe. Most people during his time believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. In 1532 he published his book De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium he wrote that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.

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This method first became a thing when Aristotle in Ancient Greece made it. Roger Bacon was the first writer to really develop it. He made it so hypothesizing and experimenting to test the hypothesis. Years later Francis Bacon wrote upon it and stressed the idea of experimenting.

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Isaac newton is another one of the most well known scientists. he studied mathematics, physics and astronomy. His most famous work is Principia. It was published in 1687.In this book he formulated the laws of motion and gravity. This formed the dominant scientific view of motion and gravity. In his later life he studied the bible.

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One of the most well known scientists during the Scientific Revolution. He studied many topics such as speed, velocity and gravity. He invented many measuring tools. He is most known for further explaining the heliocentric theory. These views opposed the church which at first got him a warning. He further published works that got him placed under house arrest for the rest of his life.

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This theory opposes the Geocentric theory. This puts the sun in the center and the Earth along with other planets revolving around it. Galileo was the main scientist who added up on this theory. People would measure the exact distance stars would travel. Copernicus really emerged the idea and Galileo proved it.

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This was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science. Major developments in mathematics,physics, astronomy,biology and chemistry.

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The belief that the Earth is the center of the universe. It was the main belief of civilization for years. Philosphers such as Ptolemy and Aristotle supported these beliefs. During the enlightenment this was proven wrong.