WH2.4B Enlightenment Thinkers VIDEO

What was the Enlightenment mainly about?

• A religious revival movement.

• An intellectual movement that applied new ways of understanding.

• A period of widespread political revolutions.

• A time when emotions became the primary source of knowledge.

What were the two main ideas that guided Enlightenment thinkers in how they understood the world?

• Faith and tradition.

• Emotion and intuition.

• Rationalism and empiricism.

• Superstition and dogma.

How did the Enlightenment shift the concept of authority?

• From individual reason to religious texts.

• From external sources to internal human reason.

• From scientific experimentation to monarchical decrees.

• From human relationships to the natural world.

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What are "natural rights" according to Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke?

• Rights granted by monarchs that can be revoked.

• Rights earned through societal contributions.

• Rights inherent to all individuals from birth that cannot be infringed.

• Rights determined by religious authority.

The Enlightenment's focus on natural rights helped lead to what major social change?

• The strengthening of absolute monarchies.

• The widespread acceptance of serfdom.

• The abolition of slavery in various places.

• The decline of scientific inquiry.