A | B |
Thomas Hobbes | People were “not trustworthy”, people were born “evil”. Government should have a ruler who had “absolute power”, because people can’t make decisions on their own. |
Locke | People are born “Good”, philosopher. Government; people are allowed to choose government. All people should be entitled to the right of freedom, life and property. |
Montesquie | 3 branches of goverment: limited monacrchy (no full control) |
Geocentric Model | Universe is "earth centered", everything revolves around the eart |
Heliocentric Model | everything revolves around the sun, "sun centered" universe |
Rousseau | Social Contract: free elections, good for "society"/good for people |
Nicolaus Copernicus | At deathbed wrote about Heliocentric Model |
Galileo Galilei | Supported Copernicus, but recanted when faced with execution/death |
Scientific Method | sing science/experimentation to "prove things", using science for answers |
laissez faire | hands free, little restrictions |
Volitaire | of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade |
Martin Luther | 95 Theses, reformer of the Catholic Church, branches off |
Renaissance | rebirth of knowledge, ideas, funded by wealth |
Humanism | live for "this life" |
Adam Smith | Godfather of Capitalism/"wealth of nations |