Across
- 5. Italian scientist who built on the new theories about astronomy
- 7. François Marie Arouet pen name
- 8. the idea that Earth & other planets revolve around the sun
- 11. natural world began to be characterized by careful observation & the questioning of accepted beliefs
- 12. a style of European art of the 17th & 18th centuries that followed mannerism & is characterized by ornate detail
- 15. a belief that God created the universe & then allowed it to run on its own following natural laws
- 17. The ruler most admired by the philosophes
- 18. earth-centered view of the universe
- 20. influential French writer who devoted himself to the study of political liberty
- 21. Enlightenment thinkers building on ideas set forth earlier by Descartes believed truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking
Down
- 1. an agreement by which people created a government
- 2. a new intellectual movement that stressed reason & thought & the power of individuals to solve problems
- 3. woman who wrote an essay called A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792
- 4. Artists/architects worked in a simple & elegant style that borrowed ideas & themes from classical Greece & Rome
- 6. some monarchs embraced the new ideas & made reforms that reflected the Enlightenment spirit
- 9. believed that people could apply reason to all aspects of life
- 10. philosopher who held a more positive view of human nature
- 13. hostesses held regular social gatherings in large drawing rooms
- 14. scientist who helped to bring together their breakthroughs under a single theory of motion
- 16. a logical procedure for gathering & testing ideas
- 19. Genevan philosopher writer & composer