To understand the views of different Enlightenment philosophers, you will need to identify 3 philosophers and analyze their core beliefs.
Your assignment:
Name 3 philosophers and their 3 core beliefs. Make sure you explain each core belief.
Due: Sunday 10/31/10 by no later than 11:59 p.m.
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1. Galileo Galilei- announced that Jupiter had four moons and that the sun had dark spots. He also noted that the earths moon's had a rough, uneven surface.
2. Isaac Newton- Newton:s great discovery was that the same force ruled motion of the planets and all matter on earth and in sapce.
3. Thomas Hobbes- expressed his views in a work called LEVIATHAN (1651). The horrors of the English Cival War convinced him that all humans were naturally selfish and wicked.
Thomas Habbes thought that humans were mindless creatures that couldnt do anything without being mean to there fellow man.
John Locke thought that people could learn from their mistakes.
Voltaire believed that humans could tolerate more then the human eye could observe.
Thomas Hobbes thought that all humans were naturally selfish and wicked. He said that without government, there would be terrible wars.
John Locke believed that people could learn from bad experiences and improve themselves. He also thought that we could govern our own affairs.
Voltaire thought believed and fought for things like tolerance, reason, freedom of religious, beliefs and freedom of speech. He was sent to prison several times for his sharp tongue.
1. Voltaire, his core believes were political and drama.
2. Mary Wollstonecraft, her believes were womens rights and womens education.
3. John Locke, his believes were human nature subjects.
John Locke- human nature. He believed that people could leard from experiments.
Mary Wollstonecraft- she believed that women, like men, needed an education.
Montesquieu- believed that Britian was the best= governed country
-Voltaire, he was against intolerance.
-Montesquieu, he believed in seporation of power in polotics in different branches.
-Rousseau, believed in all forms of freedom.
1)Voltaire beleived that people should have freedom of speech and freedom of religios beleif. Montesquieu beleived that Britain was the best-governed and most politically balanced country of his own day. Rousseau beleived that the only good government was one that was freely formed by the people and guided by the "general will" of society-- a direct democracy.
Voltaire-believed that making frequent targets of the clergy, the aristocracy, and the government.
Cesare Bonesana Beccaria-believed that laws existed to preserve social order, not to avenge crimes.
Mary Wollstonecraft-believed that women made important contributions to the Enlightenment in other ways of education.
Nicolaus Copernicus believed in his heliocentric theory. He believed that everything revolved around the sun instead of the Earth.
Ptolemy believed that everything revolved around the Earth, or the geocentric theory. He expanded this theory in second century A.D. Christianity taught that God had delibritely placed the Earth in the center of the universe.
Galileo Galilei continued on with Copernicus's work. He announced that Jupiter had four moons and that the sun had dark spots. He also said that the Earth had a rough, uneven surface.
Voltaire believed that people could learn from bad experiences and improve themselves. He thought believed and fought for things like tolerance, reason, freedom of religious, beliefs and freedom of speech.
John Locke thought that we could govern our own affairs. he also believed that people could learn from bad experiences and improve themselves. Thomas
Hobbes said that without government, there would be terrible wars. He thought that all humans were naturally selfish and wicked.
1.thomas hobbes thought humans where selfish and evil.
2.John Locke thought people could learn from their mistakes.
3.Monisuque belived britan was best.
1) Hobbes believed that people are naturally selfish and wicked. He thought the fix to this problem was to have one strong ruler.
2) Locke on the other hand believed that people could learn from their mistakes. He was for the idea of self-government.
3) Rousseau was passionately committed to individual freedom. He also disagreed with many Enlightenment thinkers on several matters.
galileo galilei - announced that jupiter had four moons the sun had dark spot he also noted that the earths moons had a rough ,uneven surface
isaac newton-newtons great discovery was that force ruled motionof the planets and all matter on earth and space
john locke- believed people could lean from the mistakes
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