Science and Enlightenment

Writers of the Enlightenment were primarily interested in

During the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, one similarity in the work of many scientists and philosophers was that they

The use of a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas is known as...

An idea found in the writings of both Locke and Rousseau is

Speaker A: The story of history is the story of class struggles. Revolution is necessary to overthrow the ruling class and eventually create a classless society in which no one will be exploited.

Speaker B: The royal power is absolute and the prince need render account of his acts to no one. Where the word of a king is, there is no power. Without this absolute authority, the king could neither do good nor repress evil.

Speaker C: Government should leave business alone. It should let the natural law of supply and demand determine what gets produced, how much gets produced, who does the work, the price of goods, rates of pay, and all other economic questions.

Speaker D: Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. It is the duty of every government to preserve and protect these natural inalienable rights.

Which speaker expresses the views of John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau?

The system of checks and balances in the United States federal government was derived from the ideas of..

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

The ideas expressed in the quotation are based primarily on the writings of

Efforts to apply the scientific method to society created the movement called

Francis Bacon, Galileo, and Isaac Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on

The writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment believed the government decisions should be based on