Enlightenment Thinkers

Which is NOT a belief of the Scientific Revolution?

• We need to reject old assumptions and discover new ideas.

• We need to use experiments and logic to find the truth.

• The Catholic Church is supreme teacher of all knowledge.

• Reason is more important than superstition.

Which is NOT a basic principle of the Enlightenment?

• Liberty

• Control

• Happiness

• Reason

• Progress

Who wrote the famous work called the "Leviathan"?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Wollstonecraft

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in creating a separation of powers so that not one person got too powerful?

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

Who is considered the "Father of Liberalism"? (meaning favoring individual rights and democracy)

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Locke

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that if you left people alone, everything would turn into chaos and conflict?

• Wollstonecraft

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

This Enlightenment thinker believed that women should have the right to education and involvement in politics.

• Locke

• Wollstonecraft

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

This Enlightenment thinker was a vocal opponent against intolerance and prejudice and spoke up for freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

• Voltaire

• Wollstonecraft

• Locke

• Rousseau

This Enlightenment thinker believed strongly in people's natural right to life, liberty, and property.

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

This Enlightenment thinker believed that people were mostly good, but ended up corrupted by society and civilization.

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Wollstonecraft

• Rousseau