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Thursday, October 21, 2010
intro quiz 13
1. Among the notable developments of the 15th-16th century Renaissance were shifts from astrology to __________ and from _______ to chemistry.
2. Machiavelli distinguished himself from his medieval predecessors how? What was his view of republican democracy?
3. ________, one of the New Humanists, criticized professors and Popes. ______'s "Utopia,"with no private property, resembled Plato's "Republic" as an imaginary "perfect society."
4. __________, leader of the Protestant Reformation, upheld the authority of ________, defended faith and ___________, and opposed __________.
5. ________ also defended predestination, and claimed that even newborns deserve eternal damnation.
6. Copernicus advocated ________. (geocentrism, heliocentrism, pantheism)
7. _______ confirmed Copernicus' theory with his new telescope.
8. _________ practiced constant critical inquiry and said we can't create lowly worms but think nothing of creating gods.
9. _______, believed by some to have written Shakespeare's plays, said "knowledge is power."
10. ______, a determinist, said life in a state of nature would be "solitatary, ____..."
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