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- 3. an empirical method of acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century.
- 5. an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century,
- 7. an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.
- 9. an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath, from Pisa.
- 11. an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
- 12. a superseded description of the Universe with Earth at the center.
- 13. known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity
- 14. a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period.
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- 1. an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 2. the intellectuals of the 18th-century Enlightenment.
- 4. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe
- 6. a theory or model that originated during the Age of Enlightenment and usually concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual.
- 8. the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Universe.
- 10. a French judge, man of letters, and political philosopher. He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world.