Across
- 2. a change in European thought that brought a new way to think about the natural world
- 7. large social gatherings
- 8. British writer who believed that Britain was best-governed and most politically balanced country
- 12. a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
- 13. social critics of France
- 14. belief that truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking
- 17. english scientist that helped to bring together astronomists' and physicists' breakthroughs
- 18. philosopher that published more than 70 books of political essays
- 19. earth-centered view of the universe
- 20. monarch that embraced ideas and reforms of the Enlightenment spirit
- 21. a movement that stressed reason and the power of individuals to solve problems
Down
- 1. a philosophes passionately committed to the individual freedom
- 3. woman who published an essay called "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
- 4. philosopher that believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves
- 5. the theory that everything orbits the sun
- 6. art characterized by a grand, ornate design
- 9. italian scientist that built on the new theories about astronomy
- 10. a type of art inspired by archaeological discoveries about the classical world
- 11. a belief that God created the universe and allows it to follow its own natural laws
- 15. the agreement by which people created a government
- 16. ruled Russia with absolute authority, yet sought for reform