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One of the leading figures of the School of Salamanca movement
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He was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist and author
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Was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician[4] who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance
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He laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law
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Was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic
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His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch of a major country in European history
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Was a French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician
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Was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher
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Was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell
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Was a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi Portuguese origin
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As an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy.
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Was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric
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Was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism"
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Was a French Oratorian priest and rationalist philosopher
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Widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution
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was a German doctor
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Was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state
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Was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century.
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Best remembered for his Histoire naturelle, a 44 volume encyclopedia describing everything known about the natural world.
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The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September 1814 to June 1815. The objective of the Congress was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. The goal was not simply to restore old boundaries, but to resize the main powers so they could balance each other off and remain at peace
