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Jan 1, 1440
Printing press
The invention of the printing press meant that bibbles were now avalible for ordinary people. Bibles being readily avalible to the people let the people interpret the bible in their own way. They had less of a reason to lgo to church. This influenced the reformations to come. -
Jan 1, 1553
On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicus believed that the sun was the center of the univers. this theory is called heliocentric. When this book came out scientist really wanted to prove or disprove this. It gave a sort of stepping stone to latter scientific relizations. -
Jan 1, 1560
Epitome of Copernican Astronomy by Johannes Kepler
His beliefs helped Isaac Newton to develope his 3 laws. Kelper also incorporated religious arguments and reasoning into his work. He called his beliefs "celestial physics". It was odd for people to put both science and religion together he inspired alot of scientist. -
Jan 1, 1573
De nova stella by Tycho Brahe
As an astronomer, Tycho worked to combine what he saw as the geometrical benefits of the Copernican system with the philosophical benefits of the Ptolemaic system into his own model of the universe, the Tychonic system. He was one of the first people to use a telescope to prove his theroies. His findings got people curious in the universe. -
Rene Descartes
He has been called the 'Father of Modern Philosophy', Welll known for Je pense, donc je suis; English: I think, therefore I am. This gave people a new understanding of themselves, kind of pushed people to the thought that humans could be perfected. -
Sir Issac Newton's theroies
Talked about classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion. This changed how people thought about the universe causeing them to want to learn about the universe. -
John Locke, Economics
Was an English philosopher, John Locke also sketched out a quantity theory of money, which held that the value of money is inversely related to the quantity of money in circulation. -
Diderot
Wrote the first encycledpidia. It had pictures and text. -
Montesquieu and his beleifs on power
He is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, According to Montesquieu, there were three types of government. A monarchy, a republic, and a despotism. Montesquieu believed that a government that was elected by the people was the best form of government. this lead to people rethinking what power they had. -
Discourse on the Origins of Inequality and in Emile by Rousseau
He believed that a single idea is at the centre of his world view, mainly that human beings are good by nature but are rendered corrupt by society. This diffrent than pst belifs of people in the middle ages because they believed that people were mainly bad and had to redeem themselves. -
Voltaire
Wrote Candid which was satrie of optimism. It was made people think. Usually in books when the character is positive and looks towards the future then good things happen in this book the character is overly optimistic this then causes bad things to happen but the character learns alot fom thes events. -
Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Smith is cited as the father of modern economics and is still among the most influential thinkers in the field of economics today. Wrote this book to tell people of what builds nations' wealth and is today a fundamental work in classical economics.
