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!

Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) Denis Dierot (1713-1784) David Hume (1711-1776)

#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.

James Beattie (1735-1803) Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

David Hume (1711-1776)

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. 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? 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? 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.

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783)

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

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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.

David Hume (1711-1776)

Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783)

Section 2: True/false questions

David Hume (1711-1776)

Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)

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

Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)

Pierre hated Louis XIV and ran to the Netherlands where he pushed heavily for skepticism and critical thinking. Highly influential "Historical and Critical Dictionary" (1697) showing how stupid people can be.

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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