
Enlightenment/Age of Reason
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What values characterized the Enlightenment (Age of Reason)?
Back
Reason, scientific explanation, and critical thinking.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What societal shift did the Enlightenment help bring about?
Back
From absolute monarchies to modern democratic ideals.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is the significance of Locke’s 'Two Treatises of Government'?
Back
It advocates for the social contract and the idea that government exists to protect natural rights.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What does Locke mean by the term 'tabula rasa'?
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The mind starts empty and gains knowledge through experience.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which work compiled knowledge to emphasize education and societal progress during the Enlightenment?
Back
The Encyclopedia of Diderot and D’Alembert.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is the Enlightenment?
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A philosophical movement in the 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism of traditional authority.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Who is considered the father of liberalism?
Back
John Locke.
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