THE AGE OF REASON

Nicolaus Copernicus __________ asserted that the sun, and not the Earth, is in the center of the universe.

• Neolithic Theory

• Big Bang Theory

• Geocentric Theory     

• Heliocentric Theory

He used simple mathematics to formulate three laws of planetary motion.

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Rene Descartes

• Adam Smith

He invented analytical geometry and introduced skepticism as an essential part of the scientific method.

• Johannes Kepler

• Rene Descartes

• Galileo Galilei

• Adam Smith      

He believed that the purpose of education was to bring children up to be virtuous, using the power of reason to overcome the desire.

• Baron Charles De Montesquieu

• Adam Smith        

• John Locke

• Rene Descartes

He has been described as the leader and the symbol of intellectual rebellion against traditional ideas and institutions.

• Voltaire

• Denis Diderot

• Frederick the Great

• Rene Descartes

He is the founding father of modern political philosophy and is best known for his political thought.

• Rene Descartes

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

He is well known for his treatises on empiricist natural philosophy (The Advancement of Learning, Novum Organum Scientiarum).

• Adam Smith

• Sir Francis Bacon

• Johannes Kepler

• Fredirick the Great

He is a philosopher, and economist regarded as the father of modern economics is the author of Wealth of Nations and Theory of Moral Sentiments.

• Adam Smith

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rene Descartes

• Nicolaus Copernicus

________ theory marked the beginning of the break from the science of the ancients.

• John Locke

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Baron Charles De Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

One of the most influential thinkers in Europe in the eighteenth century.

He lived during the period of Enlightenment and his ideas were instrumental to shaping the course of French Enlightenment. 

• Frederick the Great (II)

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Francois Marie Arouet

• Baron Charles De Montesquieu