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| 1. What is the Enlightenment? |
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- Intellectual movement of the 1600's and 1700's
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| 2. Who was involved with the Enlightenment? |
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| Thinkers and Philosophers were involved in the Enlightenment. |
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| 3. What was the Enlightenment about? |
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| - Use of reason and scientific method could be applied to societal interaction and behavior |
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| 4. When did the Enlightenment take place? |
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| Started early as 4th century B.C., ended before the Dark Ages |
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| 5. Where did the Enlightenment take place? |
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| Started around Greece, made its way around the world. |
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| 6.Why did the Enlightenment occur? |
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| People wanted to understand the universe, human society, and morality by using logic. |
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| 7. Who is one of the 3 Greek Philosophers and what is he known for? |
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| Socrates developed his own method to find answers to questions. (Socratic method) |
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| 8. Who is one of the 3 Greek Philosophers and what is he known for? |
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| Plato wrote The Republic, which presented a vision of a perfectly governed society, governed by the philosopher kings. |
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| 9. Who is one of the 3 Greek Philosophers and what is he known for? |
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| Aristotle wrote Politics, "Man is by nature a political animal it is his nature to live in a state." |
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| 10. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers and what is he most-known for? |
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| Thomas Hobbes wrote the Leviathan and the idea of Social Contract. |
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| 11. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers and what is he most-known for? |
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| John Locke believed people are born free and equal with natural rights, specifically, life, liberty and property. |
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| 12. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers and what is he most-known for? |
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| Voltaire used satire to argue against his opponents and his wit got him exiled to England |
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| 13. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers and what is he most-known for? |
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| Baron de Montesquieu wrote Spirit of Laws. He believed government is best controlled, liberty is best protected, and power is best divided into branches. |
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| 14. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers and what is he most-known for? |
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| Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed injustice and inequality are caused by defective political systems. |
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| 15. What was the Scientific Revolution? |
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| A surge in development of sciences. |
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