The Scientifif Revolution And Englightenment Flashcards
Thinkers during the Enlightenment challenged the established social order by
Calling for a just society based on reason
Which of the following is a true statement about European Peasants during the Enlightenment?
The Enlightenment had little effect on their life
Which of the following is NOT part of Beccaria’s philosophy?
Civilization corrupted people’s goodness
Which of the Following does not characterize the nature of the Scientific Revolution?
It was not really revolutionary
The astronomer who discovered the elliptical orbit pattern of the planets was
Kepler
Philosophers were largely
Against intolerance
In the 15th venture, the standard explanation of the arrangement of the heavens combined the work of
Ptolemy and Aristotle
Lock’s philosophy consisted of all of the following ideas except…
The degree of punishment should be based on the seriousness of the crime
Francis bacon believed that…
Knowledge of nature should be used to improve human condition
Monarchs most closely associated with enlightened absolutism include all of the following except
Louis XIV
Mary Wollenstonecraft argued that
Women, like men, need education to become virtuous and useful
Which of the following statements regarding Hobbes’s opinion in the state of man in nature is true?
Men are intellectually more equal than they are physically
Which of the following statements does not reflect the thinking of Hobbes?
Because men are indifferent, conflict is limited to a few
Hobbes that the source of quarrels among men is
mistrust and competition
According to Hobbes, the root of society’s problems stems from
Nature predisposing men to behave destructively and the lack of a superior power
Which of the following would agree with Hobbes’s philosophy?
Oliver Cromwell
The video of DW’s explanations of the workings of nature resembles the thinking of which pair?
The ancient Greeks and the Catholic Church
The answer, “It calls into question the American Revolution,” goes with which question?
How might the history of the U.S. be different if not for Enlightenment thinkers?
Roseau
Said, “man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
Declaration of Independence
“That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
Wollenstonecraft
Woman who urged woman to enter male-dominated fields of medicine and politics
Salons
Informal social gatherings at which writers, authors, artists, and philosophes shared ideas.
Baroque
Art that was personal, elegant, and charming
6th amendment
Right to a speedy trial
