World History- Renaissance Humanism
Wetzl's notes on the Renaissance Humanism people. Sorry some of the definitions aren't exact and kind of scrambled.
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- Francis Bacon
- english philospoher; "The Father of Science"
- Pico della Mirandola
- italian scholar who wrote praise of human dignity & was rensored by church
- Galileo
- italian astronomer physicist; law of falling bodies; telescope; confirmed Copernican Theory
- Leeuwenhoek
- dutch naturalist; microscope; microorganisms
- Kepler
- german astronomer & mathematician; planets follow elliptical orbit
- Shakespeare
- "greatest poet & playwright of all time"; venacular english in sonnets, dramatic technique in plays; well-educated & psychological insights
- Chaucer
- english; inspired by Dante & Boccaccio; wrote Canterbury Tales
- Machiavelli
- Italian traveling diplomat; wrote The Prince; "unscrupulous"
- Esasmus
- dutch; wrote In Praise of Folly; hated superstitions, prejudice, etc; satirized social evils
- Dante
- Italian; 1st to write in Italian Vernacular; wrote The Divine Comedy
- Copernicus
- Polish astronomer; "sun was center of solar system"; heliocentric & geocentric
- Boccaccio
- Italian; wrote The DeCameron
- Boyle
- english chemist; law of gases
- Cervantes
- Spanish; wrote Don Quixote
- Sir Thomas More
- english; wrote Utopia; portrayed country free from war, injustice, poverty
- Descartes
- french scientist, mathematician, philosopher; laws of optics; analytical geometry; "I think therefore I am"
- Sir Isaac Newton
- english mathematician & astronomer; calculus; law of lights & color; gravity
- Harvey
- english psysician; blood circulation
- Petrarch
- italian; wrote sonnets in Italian & Latin about romantic love & nature
- Vesalius
- Flemish physician; dissection & anatomy