Unit 3 Resources

 

 

 

 

 

Enlightenment Scientific Revolution
Locke versus Hobbes
Lecture 9: The Triumph of Science and the 18th Century Philosophe
Lecture from Steven Kreis at Modern European Intellectual History
The Philosophes
from Washington State University
Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert
Collaborative Translation Project from University of Michigan Library
Lecture 8: The New Intellectual Order: Man, Nature and Society
Lecture from Steven Kreis at Modern European Intellectual History
Modern Western Civ. 8: Rebirth of Philosophy
Outline from Modern Western Civilization at Fordham University
Austria - The The Reforms of Maria Theresa and Joseph II
Western Civilization Resource Center: 1715-1789
links to resources from Textbook
Western Civilization Resource Center: 1648-1715
links to resources from Textbook
Lecture 10: The Vision of Human Progress: Vico, Gibbon and Condorcet
from Steve Kreis at Modern European Intellectual History
The European Enlightenment
from Washington State University
The Enlightenment
from Washington State University
Enlightenment Political Thought - Summary
from Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham University
The Age of the Enlightenment
Lecture from Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
Galileo and Einstein: Lecture Index
Lecture 6: The Scientific Revolution, 1543-1642 (1)
Lecture from Steven Kreis at Modern European Intellectual History
Lecture 7: The Scientific Revolution, 1642-1730 (2)
Lecture from Steven Kreis at Modern European Intellectual History
Retrograde Motion of the Planets
The Galileo Project
Calendars through the Ages - Home
The scientist whom history forgot
The Galileo Project
a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei and the age in which he lived
English Deism
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
from PBS
Motion in the Heavens: Stars, Sun, Moon, Planets
brief review for moderns of facts familiar to almost everybody in the ancient world from Michael Fowler, University of Virginia
Galileo and the Telescope
Lecture notes from Michael Fowler, University of Virginia
Life of Galileo
Lecture notes from Michael Fowler, University of Virginia
Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler
Lecture notes from Michael Fowler, University of Virginia
Isaac Newton
Lecture notes from Michael Fowler, University of Virginia
Kepler's Laws with animation
 
Scientific Revolution - Scientific Revolution Resources
from University of Florida
Leonardo
from Boston Museum of Science
The Early Modern / The Italian Renaissance
from Washington State University
The Scientific Revolution
Lecture from Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College

 

 

 

 

Maps Primary Documents
Europe in year 1600
European Empires 1660
After the Treaty of Utrecht
1268: Roger Bacon: On Experimental Science
1313-1375: Boccaccio: The Decameron - Introduction
1515: Leonardo's Notes on the Cosmos
1637: Descartes - Discourse on Method
1670: Pascal's Famous Wager on God's Existence
1626: The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon
1638: Galileo- Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences
1543 : Nicolas Copernicus: From The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies, 1543
1633: Indictment and Abjuration of Galileo
1601: The Essays by Francis Bacon
Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert
Collaborative Translation Project from University of Michigan Library
9: The French Enlightenment
Outline from Modern Western Civilization at Fordham University
John Locke (1632-1704), The Philosopher of Freedom.
Summary of Locke's views from Peter Landry
1789: Locke: Some Thoughts Concerning Education
1719: Daniel Defoe: On The Education Of Women
1748: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
1783: Franklin - Scientific Experimentation
Gibbon: The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
1755: Rev. Charles Davy: The Earthquake at Lisbon
1755:: Jean Jacques Rousseau: A Dissertation On the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind
1763: Rousseau: Social Contract
1729: Jonathan Swift - A Modest Proposal
1776: Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations
David Hume: Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature
1781: Kant: Critique of Pure Reason
1664: Jean-Baptiste Colbert: Memorandum on Trade

 

 

Wars of the 18th Century