The Age of Enlightenment

Who is considered the father of the Enlightenment?

• Isaac Newton

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

Name one key Enlightenment thinker and their contribution to the movement.

• Isaac Newton - He developed the theory of relativity.

• John Locke - His contribution includes the idea of natural rights and the social contract theory.

• Galileo Galilei - He discovered the laws of planetary motion.

• Aristotle - He proposed the idea of the divine right of kings.

What is the significance of the Scientific Revolution in the context of the Enlightenment?

• It focused solely on religious beliefs and superstitions

• It had no impact on the Enlightenment

• It led to a decline in the use of reason and scientific method

• It laid the foundation for the Enlightenment by promoting the use of reason, observation, and scientific method to understand the natural world.

How did Enlightenment literature differ from previous literary movements?

• Enlightenment literature focused on superstition, tradition, and collectivism.

• Enlightenment literature emphasized emotion, faith, and conformity.

• Enlightenment literature focused on reason, science, and individualism.

• Enlightenment literature prioritized mythology, folklore, and communalism.

Explain the philosophy of the Enlightenment and its core beliefs.

• The Enlightenment emphasized emotion, ignorance, and conformity, with core beliefs including the importance of irrationality, blind obedience to traditional authority, and the suppression of individual rights and freedoms.

• The Enlightenment emphasized mysticism, pseudoscience, and conformity, with core beliefs including the importance of irrationality, unquestioning acceptance of traditional authority, and the restriction of individual rights and freedoms.

• The Enlightenment emphasized reason, science, and individualism, with core beliefs including the importance of human reason, skepticism of traditional authority, and the promotion of individual rights and freedoms.

• The Enlightenment focused on superstition, tradition, and collectivism, with core beliefs including the importance of blind faith, obedience to authority, and the suppression of individual rights and freedoms.

What were some key ideas in Enlightenment political thought?

• Divine right of kings, absolute monarchy, hereditary rule

• Anarchy, chaos, lawlessness

• Censorship, suppression of free speech, authoritarianism

• Individual rights, social contract, separation of powers

How did the Enlightenment impact the arts and culture of the time?

• The Enlightenment had no impact on the arts and culture

• The Enlightenment only impacted the sciences, not the arts and culture

• The Enlightenment led to a focus on superstition and tradition, which influenced the arts and culture of the time

• The Enlightenment led to a focus on reason, science, and individualism, which influenced the arts and culture of the time.

Discuss the role of women in the Enlightenment and their contributions to the movement.

• Women participated in intellectual and philosophical discussions, contributed through their writings, and advocated for women's rights.

• Women only focused on domestic duties and had no impact on the movement

• Women were not capable of intellectual contributions

• Women were not involved in the Enlightenment

What were some of the criticisms of the Enlightenment?

• Emphasis on faith and tradition over reason and science

• Promotion of social and economic equality

• Association with peace and harmony

• Focus on reason and science over faith and tradition, association with colonialism and imperialism, failure to address social and economic inequalities

In what ways did the Enlightenment influence modern society and politics?

• It promoted ideas such as individual rights, freedom of speech, separation of powers, and the importance of reason and science.

• It emphasized the importance of superstition and ignorance

• It had no influence on modern society and politics

• It led to the decline of individual rights and freedom of speech