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Nicolaus Copernicus Wrote the Heliocentric Theory
Copernicus was an astronomer, scientist, and mathematician. He established the concept of the heliocentric solar system, stating that the sun is the center, and the Earth moves in a sphere around the sun. -
Oct 31, 1571
Martin Luther: 95 Thesis
Posted by Martin Luther on the door of the Schlosskirche Church that began the Protestant movement. This was printed and circulated and created a crisis in the church. The Thesis discussed indulgences and scandal behind them, and how clergy would sell indulgences and forgive people's sins for money. -
Jean-Jaques Rousseau Wrote A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts
Rousseau was a European philosopher, he wrote A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts, and The Discourse on the Origin of Inequity. He believed humans are good by nature but become corrupt from historical events in society. He influenced Immanuel Kant, he was an enlightenment thinker, and thought to discover the causes of nature. -
Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations
A book written by Adam Smith covering many themes such as the negative impacts of commerce regulations, the division of labor, capital accumulation, an automatic system, and the threat of monopolies and tax preferences on completion and free exchange. In this book Smith states his opinions on the role of the government, and his ideas on a limited, orderly government. -
Molly Wollstonecraft Wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, educator, women's rights activist, she wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and believed that society breeds domestic women which frustrates them and leads them to take their frustration out on their children. She fought for women to have the same educational rights as men. -
Alexis de Tocqueville Wrote Democracy in America
de Tocqueville was a French historian and political writer. He studied prison reforms in America to apply them in France, he also studied race and the American society, lead to the book Democracy in America. He believed stagnant despotism was the largest threat to democracy. Democracy in America is considered one of the most influential books of the 19th century. -
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman
Speech delivered at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
Debunked arguments of anti-feminism, spoke on the hard work she had done in her life as a slave and how women create men. -
Jurgen Habermas Confronted Nazi Sympathies
Jurgen Habermas was a German philosopher, political thinker on the critical social theory, 1953 he confronted Nazi sympathies and warned against fascism and denounced Nazis. He also wrote The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, and agreed with Karl Marx and Freudian psychology. -
John Maynard Keynes Wrote Indian Currency and Finance
One of the most well known British economists, and attempted to fix the national economic recession with employment. Writings include Indian Currency and Finance (1913), The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919), and The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1935). Advocated for a totalitarian society. -
Simone de Beauvior Wrote The Second Sex
De Beauvuior was a French journalist, women's rights activist, philosopher, and existentialist. She wrote The Second Sex (on the second rate status of women in that time), and She Came to Stay (about her real life love triangle). She was also an atheist, and wrote philosophical essays on existence. -
Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream Speech
Speech at the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington, Martin Luther King. spoke on changes that were needed in democracy for freedom and equality for African Americans. He spoke on the need to end racism, promote civil rights, end hatred. -
Milton Friedman Awarded Nobel Prize
Awarded Nobel Prize in 1976 for his work with consumption analysis, monetary history, and theory, and stabilization policy. Served as an ad visor to President Nixon. Most famous for A Theory of Consumption Function (1957) which involved adjusting consumption based on your income. Argued for free markets in Capitalism and Freedom (1962). -
Eve Sedgwick Wrote Homophobia, Misogyny, and Capital: The Example of Our Mutual Friend
Eve Sedgwick was an American poet, artist, literary critic, author, originated the Queer Theory. She won the National Council of Teachers of English Award. Sedgwick taught at Hamilton College and Boston University, and started the Faculty for Women's Concerns.
