Quiz on Enlightenment Figures

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Coeditor of the Encyclopedia. In 1751 set out to find coauthors to examine the human knowledge... 72,000 articles on everything, and it was very influential and widely read. Knowledge is awesome!

Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) David Hume (1711-1776) Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783)

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Not sure why the textbook doesn't list him as important. He criticized Kant, as Beattie was not racist.

Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) David Hume (1711-1776) James Beattie (1735-1803) James Beattie (1735-1803)

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Scottish, in Edinburgh, and said that reason has its limits — if you can't scientifically sense it to learn about it (or do math for it), then you can't know it. Paradoxically showed the limits of Enlightenment's faith in reason in things like the existence of God or the origin of the Universe. He also was racist.

Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) David Hume (1711-1776) James Beattie (1735-1803) David Hume (1711-1776)

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Coeditor of the Encyclopedia. In 1751 set out to find coauthors to examine the human knowledge... 72,000 articles on everything, and it was very influential and widely read. Knowledge is awesome!

Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Denis Dierot (1713-1784)

Coeditor of the Encyclopedia. Hated Europeans exploiting people. In 1751 set out to find coauthors to examine the human knowledge... 72,000 articles on everything, and it was very influential and widely read. Knowledge is awesome! Also, jailed sixty years before Darwin's birth for questioning a creating God and suggesting autonomous evolution Scottish, in Edinburgh, and said that reason has its limits — if you can't scientifically sense it to learn about it (or do math for it), then you can't know it. Paradoxically showed the limits of Enlightenment's faith in reason in things like the existence of God or the origin of the Universe. He also was racist. Scottish, in Edinburgh, and said that reason has its limits — if you can't scientifically sense it to learn about it (or do math for it), then you can't know it. Paradoxically showed the limits of Enlightenment's faith in reason in things like the existence of God or the origin of the Universe. He also was racist. Not sure why the textbook doesn't list him as important. He criticized Kant, as Beattie was not racist.

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

David Hume (1711-1776)

Not sure why the textbook doesn't list him as important. He criticized Kant, as Beattie was not racist.

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)

Prscticing an unusual branch of Judaism, Baruch Spinoza believed that nature = God, that science can determine everything, and that body = mind. Ryan's comment: Perhaps an early form of pantheism?

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

Prscticing an unusual branch of Judaism, Baruch Spinoza believed that nature = God, that science can determine everything, and that body = mind. Ryan's comment: Perhaps an early form of pantheism?

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)

Coeditor of the Encyclopedia. Hated Europeans exploiting people. In 1751 set out to find coauthors to examine the human knowledge... 72,000 articles on everything, and it was very influential and widely read. Knowledge is awesome! Also, jailed sixty years before Darwin's birth for questioning a creating God and suggesting autonomous evolution

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

Prscticing an unusual branch of Judaism, Baruch Spinoza believed that nature = God, that science can determine everything, and that body = mind. Ryan's comment: Perhaps an early form of pantheism?

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Coeditor of the Encyclopedia. In 1751 set out to find coauthors to examine the human knowledge... 72,000 articles on everything, and it was very influential and widely read. Knowledge is awesome!

Not sure why the textbook doesn't list him as important. He criticized Kant, as Beattie was not racist.

Coeditor of the Encyclopedia. In 1751 set out to find coauthors to examine the human knowledge... 72,000 articles on everything, and it was very influential and widely read. Knowledge is awesome!

Denis Dierot (1713-1784)

Section 2: True/false questions

David Hume (1711-1776)

Not sure why the textbook doesn't list him as important. He criticized Kant, as Beattie was not racist.

Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)

Prscticing an unusual branch of Judaism, Baruch Spinoza believed that nature = God, that science can determine everything, and that body = mind. Ryan's comment: Perhaps an early form of pantheism?

Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

Prscticing an unusual branch of Judaism, Baruch Spinoza believed that nature = God, that science can determine everything, and that body = mind. Ryan's comment: Perhaps an early form of pantheism?

Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)

Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

Prscticing an unusual branch of Judaism, Baruch Spinoza believed that nature = God, that science can determine everything, and that body = mind. Ryan's comment: Perhaps an early form of pantheism?

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