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AP Euro Semester 1 (Key Figures)
Key Figures in European Intellectual History
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History
10th Grade
01/27/2013

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Niccolo Machiavelli
Definition
1.)Renaissance political philosopher
2.)Wrote The Prince
3.)Urged rulers to study war, avoid unnecessary kindness
4.)Believed the end justifies the means
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Desiderius Erasmus
Definition
1.)Northern humanist
2.)Wrote Praise of Folly
3.)Wrote in Latin instead of vernacular
4.)Wanted to reform Catholic Church, not destroy
5.)Martin Luther hatched the egg that he laid
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Martin Luther
Definition
1.)Protestant reformer
2.)Criticized indulgences
3.)Salvation by faith, priesthood of all believers
4.)Hatched the egg of Erasmus
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John Calvin
Definition
1.)Protestant reformer
2.)Wrote The Institutes of the Christian Religion
3.)Predestination
4.)Established Geneva as model Christian community
5.)Huguenots=followers
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Definition
1.)Polish clergyman and astronomer
2.)Wrote On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres
3.)Heliocentric universe
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Johannes Kepler
Definition
1.)Assistant of Tycho Brahe
2.)Formulated 3 laws of planetary motion
3.)Elliptical orbits
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Galileo Galilei
Definition
1.)Italian scientist who contributed to scientific method
2.)Used telescope
3.)Condemned by Inquisition
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Issac Newton
Definition
1.)Wrote Principia
2.)Laws of Gravity and Inertia
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Francis Bacon
Definition
1.)Empiricism
2.)Inductive method based upon observation
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Rene Descartes
Definition
1.)Deductive reasoning
2.)Scientific method
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Thomas Hobbes
Definition
1.)Wrote Leviathan
2.)Viewed humans as naturally self-centered and prone to violence
3.)Favored absolute monarchy
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John Locke
Definition
1.)Wrote Second Treatise of Government
2.)Tabula Rasa
3.)Natural rights
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Blaise Pascal
Definition
1.)Religion required Leap of Faith
2.)Better to believe in God than not to
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Voltaire
Definition
1.)French pihlosophe
2.)Wrote satire
3.)Crush the Infamous Thing
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Definition
1.)Wrote The Social Contract and Emile
2.)Encouraged loyalty to community
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Adam Smith
Definition
1.)Laissez-faire
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Baron Montesquieu
Definition
1.)Wrote Spirit of the Laws
2.)Separation of Powers
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Definition
1.)Wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
2.)Argued that woman are not naturally inferior to men
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