The Enlightenment Age of Reason

The Age of Enlightenment was a European intellectual movement from the 17th to 19th centuries, influenced by the Scientific Revolution. Key figures like Descartes, Newton, and Locke contributed to its development. The High Enlightenment, centered in France, featured philosophers like Voltaire and Rousseau. The movement challenged monarchies and the Catholic Church, promoting ideas of liberty, religious tolerance, and rationalism. It paved the way for political revolutions in America and France.

Which intellectual movement followed the Scientific Revolution and spanned from the 17th to the 19th centuries?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Renaissance

• The Age of Enlightenment

• The Romantic Era

Which essay by René Descartes is often cited as marking the beginning of the Enlightenment?

• What is Enlightenment?

• Cogito Ergo Sum

• Essay Concerning Human Understanding

• Principia Mathematica

What years are considered the high-water mark of the High Enlightenment?

• 1680 to 1730

• 1630 to 1680

• 1730 to 1780

• 1780 to 1830

Which philosopher believed that everything in the universe could be rationally demystified and catalogued?

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Diderot

• Monacu

Where did philosophers and scientists circulate ideas during the Age of Enlightenment?

• Royal courts and palaces

• Churches and cathedrals

• Scientific academies, Masonic lodges, and literary salons

• Universities and colleges

Which of the following ideas was NOT a focus of Enlightenment debates?

• Feudalism

• Liberty and liberalism

• Religious tolerance

• Constitutional government

What phrase is associated with Immanuel Kant's essay on Enlightenment?

• To Be or Not to Be

• Dare to Know

• Cogito Ergo Sum

• The Unexamined Life

How did many educated Christians of the Enlightenment period adjust their faith?

• By rejecting science

• By abandoning religion altogether

• By aligning it with rational lines

• By adhering strictly to religious dogma

Which revolutions are believed to have been influenced by the Age of Enlightenment?

• The Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions

• The Renaissance and Reformation

• The Russian and Chinese Revolutions

• The American and French Revolutions

What was a common theme among Enlightenment thinkers regarding the universe?

• It was chaotic and unpredictable

• It was controlled by divine intervention

• It followed a rational and natural course

• It was beyond human understanding