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Western Civ 2
Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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What is Enlightenment | The broad term applied to the intellectual developments of the eighteenth century, as articulated by a relatively small number of thinkers and writers primarily in western Europe. |
What is Scientific Revolution | Refers to the period roughly between 1500 and 1700 during which the foundations of modern science were laid down in Western Europe. |
Who is John Locke | English Philosopher and was a founder of empiricism |
What is deism | Deism is a term coined in the philosophe movement and applies to two related ideas |
What is tolerance | The greatest human crimes, as far as the philosophes were concerned, have been perpetrated in the name of religion and the name of God. |
Who were the two major French philosophes | Voltaire and Montesquieu |
What is progress | Human history is largely a history of the improvement of humanity in three respects. |