Scientific Rev/Enlightenment People Quiz

Who is known as the 'Father of Modern Philosophy'?

• Newton

• Bacon

• Rousseau

• Descartes

Who was the chief editor of the 'Encyclopédie'?

• Diderot

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Frederick the Great

Who is considered one of the founders of the scientific method?

• Bacon

• Newton

• Diderot

• Descartes

Which enlightened monarch corresponded with Voltaire and other Enlightenment thinkers?

• Bacon

• Descartes

• Frederick the Great

• Rousseau

Who laid the foundation for classical mechanics and the laws of motion?

• Diderot

• Newton

• Montesquieu

• Bacon

Who advocated for the separation of powers in government?

• Descartes

• Bacon

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Who discussed the idea of the general will and the necessity of a social contract for a just society?

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Diderot

• Voltaire

Who advocated for religious tolerance, freedom of speech, and separation of church and state?

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Descartes

• Voltaire