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- historic period where ideas about rights to improve humanity were spread
- Louis XIV build an extravagant pĂșlala e to demonstrate France's power and wealth to control his nobles. it was called
- this philosopher believed that people were cruel, selfish, and greedy and needed an Absolute ruler to keep them under control
- "I do not a agree with a word you say, but I will definitely to the death your right ti say it" is cited as quote from voltaire, about what natural right
- After the Inquisition, Galileo turned to studying biology.
- The Enlightenment ideas changed that laws and required that there must be evidence that could stand up to scientific scrutiny.
- The Dutch Protestants did not support Phillip II because he attended what function?
- Nicholas Copernicus was a geocentrist.
- The god who Louis XIV wanted to fashion himself afterwards was
- The Spirit of the Laws classified governments into three categories; Which category was best for smaller city-states?
- The concept of "laissez faire" was popularized by the
- Sir Francis Bacon began intellectual pursuits with which of the basic principles?
- Denis Diderot was the author of Classified Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Occupations.
- The Inquisition of Galileo effectively removed Italy from being a major economic, intellectual and artistic center.
- What was the primary reason for conflicts during the mid 1500's and the mid 1600's?
- Who wrote Discourse Concerning Science and the Arts?
- Who wrote An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding?
- Which country was the most powerful country in Europe in the mid 1500's?
- Louis XIV wanted to better which country's arts and influence?
- The Enlightened Thinkers accepted the dogma of most organized religions.