Renaissance

7. Used Brahe's data to argue 3 laws of planetary motion
8. His observations led him to challenge the geocentric model and propose a heliocentric
11. Argued for the abolition of monarchy and hereditary nobility
13. Fought for freedom of speech
14. Argued for separation of powers into executive, judicial, and legislative branches
15. Argued that people are naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish

1. Argued that people were born as a "tabula rasa" and are basically reasonable and moral
2. Father of modern rationalism
3. Argued that God is nature and therefore everything is subject to natural laws
4. In order to mathematically explain motion and gravity
5. Discovered there was no standard system for approaching experimentation
6. First to diagnosis specific illnesses and prescribe specialized treatments
9. Argued for "self-determination"
10. Built a personal observatory
12. Created the metric system for measurements