Across
- 2. he was a kid prodigy.he gave his first harpsichord concert at age six
- 4. he went to france and joined a circle of philosophers
- 7. orbits elliptical (egg shaped) orbit
- 9. of powers in the legislative, executive and judicial branches all control equal amount of law
- 10. he had a mythical experience in which the gift of god and grace assured him of salvation
- 13. absolutism a new type of monarchy emerged in the late eighteenth century
- 15. universe sun centered universe
- 17. added to the understanding of the human anatomy
- 19. this system of thought is based on belief that reason is chief source of knowledge
- 25. law of gravitation every object in the universe is attracted to one another by gravity
- 26. the thought of the heliocentric or the center
- 29. reasoning proceeding from the particular to the general
- 30. the first european to make an observation of the heavens with a telescope
- 32. he opposed to capital punishment
- 34. faire means to let do what u want.
- 36. wrote the book named mathematical principles of natural philosophy.
Down
- 1. contract an entire society agrees to be governed by the general will.
- 3. began by thinking and writing about the doubt and uncertainty
- 5. the Great ruled russia from 1762 to 1796. she was intelligent woman who was familiar with the works of the philosophers and seemed favor enlightenment reforms
- 6. universe earth centered universe
- 8. an english writer, advanced the strongest statement for the rights of women
- 11. went to university of paris and contributed to the encyclopedia
- 12. his famous work was the spirit of laws (1748)
- 14. Theresa inherited the throne in 1740, worked to centralize and strengthen the state
- 16. by the 1730s a new artistic style had spread all over europe
- 18. came from a middle class family and his books also bring him fame and wealth
- 20. method a systematic process of processing and analyzing data
- 21. scientist should not rely on ideas of ancient authority
- 22. a german mathematician who took the next step in destroying the ptolemaic system
- 23. the intellectuals of enlightenment
- 24. the Great was one of the best educated and most cultured monarchs of his time
- 27. Years War-a war that last ed from 1756 to 1763
- 28. Law the volume of a gas varies with the pressure exerted on it
- 31. believe that everyone is born with a blank mind
- 33. were the elegant drawing rooms of the upper classes great urban houses.
- 35. he wrote his famous work the wealth of nations