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!

Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) David Hume (1711-1776) Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

James Beattie (1735-1803)

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

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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.

David Hume (1711-1776) Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) James Beattie (1735-1803)

#4 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!

David Hume (1711-1776) Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) James Beattie (1735-1803)

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

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

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

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.

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

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.

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

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?

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

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.

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

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?

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!

James Beattie (1735-1803)

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!

Section 2: True/false questions

David Hume (1711-1776)

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?

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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