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| 1.What is the Enlightenment? |
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| a movement in the 18th century |
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| 2. Who was involved with the Enlightenment? |
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| The Enlightenment Thinkers |
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| 3. What was the Enlightenment about? |
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| advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions |
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| 4. When did the Enlightenment take place? |
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| 5. Where did the Enlightenment take place? |
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| 6. Why did the Enlightenment occur? |
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| People were looking for reasons for different things |
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| 7. Who is one of the 3 Greek Philosophers & what is he known for? (concepts & writings) |
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| Socrates. He is known for the Socrates Method |
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| 8. Who is one of the 3 Greek Philosophers & what is he known for? (concepts & writings) |
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| Aristotle. He is known for his writings that were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy |
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| 9. Who is one of the 3 Greek Philosophers & what is he known for? (concepts & writings) |
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| Plato. He is known for being the student of Socrates |
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| 10. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers & what is he most-known for (writings, views on people, government)? |
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| Montesquieu thought of the 3 branches. Executive, Judicial, and Legislative. |
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| 11. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers & what is he most-known for (writings, views on people, government)? |
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| Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed people in a natural state were good |
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| 12. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers & what is he most-known for (writings, views on people, government)? |
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| John Locke thought people were reasonable and moral |
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| 13. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers & what is he most-known for (writings, views on people, government)? |
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| Voltaire was a defender of freedom of speech |
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| 14. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers & what is he most-known for (writings, views on people, government)? |
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| Thomas Hobbes advocated absolute sovereignty |
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| 15. What was the Scientific Revolution? |
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| used by historians to describe the emergence of modern science during the early modern period. |
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