“I have seen farther than others it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.”
- Sir Isaac Newton
Unit III - Scientific Revolution, Absolutism and Enlightenment
After the rebirth of Europe, man began to question the accepted beliefs and sources of authority in society and nature. The Scientific Revolution applied reason and logic through observation and experimentation. Scientists and philosophers devoted themselves to discovering the laws governing nature and human society. While kings believed in absolute and divine right and controlled their subjects with unquestioned power, attitudes and beliefs surrounding elitist monarchs were giving way to more egalitarian notions such as the social contract and natural rights. Popular consent questioned the legitimate sources of political power. Faith in science and progress furthered the development of individualism. As society began using the scientific approach, they came to believe that people could answer the unanswerable. These concepts were brought forth in the Age of Enlightenment.
Terms you should know
Absolute Monarch
Bacon
Baron de Montesquieu
Copernicus
Descartes
Despotism
Divine right
Enlightenment
Galileo Galilei
Heliocentric theory
Humanism and Classics
Jean Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
King Louis XIV
Leonardo da Vinci
Louis XIV
Machiavelli
Mary Wollstonecraft
Michaelangelo
Natural Rights
Newton
Peter the Great
Printing Press
Scientific Method
Social Contract
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Be able to answer the following questions
What were the main causes and effects of the Scientific Revolution?
What were the basic ideas put forth by the Enlightened Thinkers?
How do the Social Contracts of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau differ?
Why were the ideas of the Enlightenment important to the USA and France?
What were the most significant contributions of the Enlightened thinkers?
How did the Scientific Revolution impact the Enlightenment thinkers?
What are the similarities and differences among the Enlightenment thinkers’ ideas?
How did democratic ideals progress and change throughout from Ancient Greece to the Enlightenment?
How are the Renaissance, Reformation and Scientific Revolution connected?
What new views of the universe emerged during the Scientific Revolution and what impact did these views have on the Catholic Church?
How do ideas spread, change, and inspire people throughout history?
What risks do people take by adopting new ideas?
Why are people persecuted for their ideas?
Can faith exist alongside belief in science?
How does the scientific method exemplify reason?
Can ideas be suppressed?
- Sir Isaac Newton
Unit III - Scientific Revolution, Absolutism and Enlightenment
After the rebirth of Europe, man began to question the accepted beliefs and sources of authority in society and nature. The Scientific Revolution applied reason and logic through observation and experimentation. Scientists and philosophers devoted themselves to discovering the laws governing nature and human society. While kings believed in absolute and divine right and controlled their subjects with unquestioned power, attitudes and beliefs surrounding elitist monarchs were giving way to more egalitarian notions such as the social contract and natural rights. Popular consent questioned the legitimate sources of political power. Faith in science and progress furthered the development of individualism. As society began using the scientific approach, they came to believe that people could answer the unanswerable. These concepts were brought forth in the Age of Enlightenment.
Terms you should know
Absolute Monarch
Bacon
Baron de Montesquieu
Copernicus
Descartes
Despotism
Divine right
Enlightenment
Galileo Galilei
Heliocentric theory
Humanism and Classics
Jean Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
King Louis XIV
Leonardo da Vinci
Louis XIV
Machiavelli
Mary Wollstonecraft
Michaelangelo
Natural Rights
Newton
Peter the Great
Printing Press
Scientific Method
Social Contract
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Be able to answer the following questions
What were the main causes and effects of the Scientific Revolution?
What were the basic ideas put forth by the Enlightened Thinkers?
How do the Social Contracts of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau differ?
Why were the ideas of the Enlightenment important to the USA and France?
What were the most significant contributions of the Enlightened thinkers?
How did the Scientific Revolution impact the Enlightenment thinkers?
What are the similarities and differences among the Enlightenment thinkers’ ideas?
How did democratic ideals progress and change throughout from Ancient Greece to the Enlightenment?
How are the Renaissance, Reformation and Scientific Revolution connected?
What new views of the universe emerged during the Scientific Revolution and what impact did these views have on the Catholic Church?
How do ideas spread, change, and inspire people throughout history?
What risks do people take by adopting new ideas?
Why are people persecuted for their ideas?
Can faith exist alongside belief in science?
How does the scientific method exemplify reason?
Can ideas be suppressed?