SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

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SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
NICHOLAS COPERNICUS (1473-1543) REVOLUTION OF
THE HEAVENLY BODIES (1543) HELIOCENTRIC SYSTEM
CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY (85-165) PTOLEMAIC GEOCENTRIC
SYSTEM EMPYREAN HEAVEN
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SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

• JOHANNES KEPLER (1571-1630)
• GALILEO GALILEI (1564-1642)
• OCTOBER 31, 1992 (THE GALILEO CASE CLOSED)
• ISAAC NEWTON (1643-1727)
• PRINCIPIA (1687)

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I THINK, THEREFORE I AM

• RENÉ DESCARTES (1596-1650)
• CARTESIAN DUALISM
• DEDUCTIVE REASONING
• FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626)
• INDUCTIVE REASONING
• EMPIRICAL METHOD

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ENLIGHTENMENT

• JOHN LOCKE (1632-1704)
• AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING (1690)
• NO REVEALED KNOWLEDGE
• TREATISE ON CIVIL GOVERNMENT (1690)
• NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
• CHARLES-LOUIS DE SECONDAT, BARON DE LA BRÈDE ET
  DE MONTESQUIEU (1689-1755)
• PERSIAN LETTERS (1721)
• ON THE SPIRIT OF LAWS (1748)
• FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET (VOLTAIRE, 1694-1778)
• DEISM
• DIDEROT (1713-1784)
• ATHEISM