Enlightenment Questions
(9e: p. 598-609; 10e: p. 530-541)
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Explain 3 central concepts of Enlightenment thinking.
How did the Scientific Revolution contribute to the emergence of the Enlightenment?
Discuss the impact of travel literature on Enlightenment thinking.
Identify the key ideas/contribution of each of the following people (I have also included the names of
important texts):
(A) Pierre Bayle / Historical and Critical Dictionary
(B) John Locke / Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Second Treatise of Civil Government
(C) Montesquieu / The Persian Letters and Spirit of Laws
(D) Voltaire
(E) Madame du Châtelet
(F) Diderot & d’Alembert /
(G) David Hume
(H) Jean-Jacques Rousseau / The Social Contract
(I) Immanuel Kant
5. Encyclopedia: Explain the goal of this work, and its significance.
6. Why did the Enlightenment reach its highest development in France?
7. Define the following terms:
(A) philosophe
(B) reading revolution
(C) salons
(D) rococo
(E) public sphere