Across
- 7. a process that will lead to correct general principles.
- 8. systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence that was crucial to the evolution of science in the modern world.
- 9. a political system in which a ruler holds total power.
- 10. elegant urban drawing room where writers, artists, government leaders, and others gathered to discuss the ideas of the philosophes.
Down
- 1. a system of thought expounded by René Descartes based on the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge.
- 2. belief that the power or monarchs comes from God and is absolute.
- 3. theory that says knowledge is achieved through observation.
- 4. a person who opposes or does not conform to established religious teachings.
- 5. a person who seeks wisdom.
- 6. of law the idea that no individual, group, organization, or governmental entity is above the law.