The Enlightenment Questions and
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Diedrot ✔✔Edited the "Encyclopedia"
Montesquieu ✔✔Wrote the "Spirit of Laws"
Voltaire ✔✔Wrote "Candide"
Rousseau ✔✔Wrote "The Social Contract"
"Encyclopedia" ✔✔This was used to criticized the government, the Church, and society
Montesquieu ✔✔Described "perfect" government
Voltaire ✔✔Championed freedom of thought and religion
Rousseau ✔✔Believed in popular sovereignty
, Rationalism ✔✔Belief that the truth can be determined solely by logical thinking
Enlightenment ✔✔Period in the 1700s when philosophers believed that they could apply the
scientific method and use reason to explain human nature logically.
Enlightened Despotism ✔✔System of government in which absolute monarchs ruled according
to the principles of the Enlightenment
Absolute Monarch ✔✔System of government in which the ruler determines policy without
consulting either the people or the representatives
Salons ✔✔Gathering of the social, political, and cultural elite in France during the
Enlightenment.
Philosphes ✔✔A group of thinkers or philosphers of the Enlightenment
Marie Thérèse Geoffrin ✔✔Hostess of one of the salons
Answers 100% Pass
Diedrot ✔✔Edited the "Encyclopedia"
Montesquieu ✔✔Wrote the "Spirit of Laws"
Voltaire ✔✔Wrote "Candide"
Rousseau ✔✔Wrote "The Social Contract"
"Encyclopedia" ✔✔This was used to criticized the government, the Church, and society
Montesquieu ✔✔Described "perfect" government
Voltaire ✔✔Championed freedom of thought and religion
Rousseau ✔✔Believed in popular sovereignty
, Rationalism ✔✔Belief that the truth can be determined solely by logical thinking
Enlightenment ✔✔Period in the 1700s when philosophers believed that they could apply the
scientific method and use reason to explain human nature logically.
Enlightened Despotism ✔✔System of government in which absolute monarchs ruled according
to the principles of the Enlightenment
Absolute Monarch ✔✔System of government in which the ruler determines policy without
consulting either the people or the representatives
Salons ✔✔Gathering of the social, political, and cultural elite in France during the
Enlightenment.
Philosphes ✔✔A group of thinkers or philosphers of the Enlightenment
Marie Thérèse Geoffrin ✔✔Hostess of one of the salons
