My remarkable padlet by Sarah Fillmore

Scientific Method

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-15 14:48:34 UTC

The scientific method was a huge development for scientists and people who wanted to genuinely understand and know why things happen. When people used it, it opened discoveries many new theory's leading to the scientific revolution. It also explained why many things occur which went against some religious beliefs which at the time was fact for everyone.

Thomas Hobbes

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-15 14:54:19 UTC

Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, he was best known for the book he wrote, Leviathan. He was significant because he introduced a social contract theory based on the relation between the absolute sovereign and the civil society. This was important because it later influenced the idea of people coming together to agree on whats fair to what becomes laws because in the end it affects their lives the most.

William Harvey

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-15 14:57:54 UTC

William Harvey was an English physician who was well respected until he came out with his theory that helped us understand an outstanding amount about the body. He was first to recognize the full circulation of the blood in the human body and to provide experiments and arguments to support this idea. This was so important because he revealed how alot of the body works and basically how our body stays alive

Nicolaus Copernicus

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-15 15:01:35 UTC

Nicolaus Copernicus was a big part in the scientific revolution especially because he involved himself in so many things such as being an active mathematician and astronomer. He impacted the world the most when he proposed a heliocentric system, that the planets orbit around the Sun. This was important because it threw the heliocentric theory out and explained why it gets dark.

Galileo Galilei

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-15 15:04:53 UTC

Galileo Galilei studied speed and velocity, gravity and free fall, the principle of relativity, inertia, projectile motion and also worked in applied science with all of that he discovered many things. The way he influenced the world the most is when he was the first to report telescopic observations of the mountains on the moon, the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the rings of Saturn. This impacted us so much because it gave us the ability to see planets at a closer rate.

Isaac Newton

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-15 15:11:17 UTC

Isaac Newton was an English polymath active, he was very interested in why things happen, this caused him to want to learn more and discover many things. What he discovered that impacted the world we are in now the most is the theory of universal gravitation and calculus. Its important because it explains just the every day movemen of our bodies and calculus is a math that you use in your every day life.

Johannes Kepler

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-15 15:28:27 UTC

Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer and studied it deeply, coming out with many discoveries. What standed out and is most important to us in this day is planets move proportionally faster in their orbits when they are closer to the Sun. It stands out because it showed why for certain planets they orbit quicker and also have a better chance of containing life because if it orbits around the sun quicker it allows more sun giving the planet opportunity to have whatever is on their grow.

John Locke

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 17:57:40 UTC

John Locke was an English philosopher and physician was a very opinioned person and expressed it, influencing other people to also do so. He was important for the reason that he was regarded as the founder of a school of thought known as British Empiricism, and he made foundational contributions to modern theories of limited, liberal government. One of his long term biggest impacts was that his political theory directly influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

Baron de Montesquieu

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 18:11:11 UTC

Baron de Montesquieu was a French judge, man of letters, historian, political philosopher, and very curious leading him to always asking why and wanting answers causing him to introduce many ideas and theories to the enlightment. He has most impacted and influenced the modern day by his political theory work, particularly the idea of separation of powers, shaped the modern democratic government. He was also known for his book the spirit of laws which talked about the influence of climate on society, the separation of political powers, and the need for checks on a powerful executive office, which is what was looked at having people realize they want to have a say in the law they live in.

John Locke

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 18:18:56 UTC

John Locke was an English philosopher and physician who was very opinionated and did not help to express his opinion influencing others to say what they feel. One thing that John Locke did was become the founder of a school of thought known as British Empiricism, which gave people education, giving them the ability to make their opinions. He also long term affected the modern world by being a major influence on the U.S. Declaration of Independence with his political theories.

Baron de Montesquieu

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 18:24:00 UTC

Baron de Montesquieu was a French judge, man of letters, historian, political philosopher, and very curious causing him to do what he cans to understand what he's curious about leading him to come out with many theories and discoveries. Montesquieu also had profound influences on the modern political world. His ideas helped to inspire the emphasis on individual rights that was seen in the Declaration of Independence of 1776. He impacted us the most by being open on how he believes in democracy and people should be able to have a say in their laws they live under. He also was known and impacted the world by creating the book the spirit of laws which is about the influence of climate on society, the separation of political powers, and the need for checks on a powerful executive office, this drew peoples attention to the idea of democracy.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 18:27:36 UTC

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought. He had a huge impact on the world with introducing propelled political and ethical thinking into new channels. He was very important because he helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. He also impacted many people with his book the social contract which is about the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live, which describes a direct democracy.

John Locke

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 18:37:53 UTC

John Locke was an English philosopher and physician. He most impacted the modern world by influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence. He was also important because he laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made central contributions to the development of liberalism.

Baron de Montesquieu

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 18:40:33 UTC

Baron de Montesquieu was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher. He impacts us modernly the most with his ideas that helped to inspire the emphasis on individual rights that was seen in the Declaration of Independence of 1776, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of 1789, and the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1789. He was also important because he was one of the most influential political philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 18:45:30 UTC

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. One of his biggest impact was that he defied the norms of that time opening the eyes of others making it more common for people to have different opinions. He also propelled political and ethical thinking into new channels, making it more accessible to more people. He was also very important because his thought marked the end of the European Enlightenment (the “Age of Reason”).

Voltaire

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 18:49:39 UTC

Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian. He impacted us the most with greatly influencing the direction of European thought in the 18th century by being an outspoken advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. He was also very important because he played a key role in popularizing Newton's ideas, and he offered one of the first accounts of how the famed scientist developed his theories on gravity.

Miguel Cervantes

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 18:52:24 UTC

Miguel Cervantes was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He impacted us most with writing the first major European novel and contributing to both the Spanish and English languages. He was also very important because of his invention of the autonomous novelistic character is often seen as mirroring the rise of a new self-consciousness or “subjectivity”.

Edward Jenner

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 18:56:53 UTC

Edward Jenner was an English physician and scientist. He impacted the modern world by exploring the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. He was very important for the fact that he was well known around the world for his innovative contribution to immunization, setting an example for how doctors can use common things to counteract the virus of illness or diseases.

Eugene Delacroix

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 19:02:15 UTC

Eugene Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. He impacted the world by having more liberated art from the constraints of early 19th-century rules and practices, he introduced a different more intimate type of literature that involves more emotion. He was important because he affected how people manipulate light and color in his works, drawing out the emotion of every scenej.

Johann Sebastian Bach

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 19:02:59 UTC

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He impacted us by his enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organization, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. He was important because he introduced synthesis and advanced development of the primary contrapuntal idiom of the late Baroque, and in the basic tunefulness of his thematic material.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

sarahfillmore7 — 2023-12-18 19:04:04 UTC

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Mozart was a huge impact in the musical world brining many types of music styles together and making a art of music. He impacted the world we are in now in a creative lifetime spanning only 30 years but featuring more than 600 works, he redefined the symphony, composed some of the greatest operas ever written and lifted chamber music to new heights of artistic achievement. He was very important in displaying to people that you can use many types of music and still sound great he also was one of the few composers in history to compose masterworks in every conceivable musical genre. Though his output is highly varied, each piece exudes a bold, self-assured confidence and that is instantly recognizable.