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| 1.What is the Enlightenment? |
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| a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions |
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| 2.Who was involved with the Enlightenment? |
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| Philosophers like John Locke,Voltaire,Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith Francis Bacon, . |
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| 3.What was the Enlightenment about? |
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| revolution in science, philosophy, society and politics |
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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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| Age of Reason, or simply the Enlightenment. |
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| 7.Who is one of the 3 Greek Philosophers & what is he known for? (concepts & writings |
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| Voltaire was a french philosopher who wrote of freedom of speech. |
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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 was a ancient Athenian philosopher writer of natural and human beliefs. |
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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 wrote the "Republic which showed a new way to run government. |
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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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| Thomas hobbes "Leviathan" argued people that people were born naturally cruel , greedy and selfish. |
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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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| John Locke wrote " two treaties of government" and believed people were basically responsible and moral he thought the government should have limited power. |
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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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| Adam smith , "The wealth of nations" argued of free market |
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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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| Montesquieu studied governments in Europe. He published "The spirits of the laws " and believed power of governments should be divided in threes . |
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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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| Jean-Jacques Rousseau ."The social contract" |
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| 15.. What was the Scientific Revolution? |
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| a concept used by historians to describe the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry it had transformed the views of society about nature and life . |
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