Why is Sir Francis Bacon regarded as the “father of scientific empiricism”?
- Exactly what is Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?
- Why was the Church opposed to Copernicus’ theory?
- What was the Inquisition?
- Why did the Church consider Galileo a threat to its authority?
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Why is Sir Francis Bacon regarded as the “father of scientific empiricism”?
- (Here’s an easy one!) What important discovery did William Harvey make?
- According to Hobbes, why must men be governed by an absolute ruler?
- Where did Locke’s ideas appear in the new world?
- Define “deism”?
- What Enlightenment ideals does Mary Wollstonecraft argue for in her “Rights of Women”?
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