Philosophers and Scholars in History
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John Locke believed that humans are born with natural rights that are:

  • Inalienable (correct)
  • Granted by the government
  • Temporary
  • Revocable
  • Which Enlightenment thinker emphasized the importance of education and advocated for its reform?

  • Immanuel Kant
  • Baron de Montesquieu
  • Mary Wollstonecraft
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau (correct)
  • Who among the following Enlightenment thinkers believed in the separation of powers within a government?

  • Voltaire
  • Mary Wollstonecraft
  • Baron de Montesquieu (correct)
  • Immanuel Kant
  • Which Enlightenment thinker supported freedom of speech and press?

    <p>Voltaire</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Mary Wollstonecraft advocated for:

    <p>Equal educational opportunities for women</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Enlightenment thinker believed in constitutional limitations on monarchy?

    <p>Voltaire</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who mocked the church and royal court of France through entertaining and satirical writings?

    <p>Voltaire</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'A government must have the consent of...' - Finish this statement based on the text.

    <p>'...the governed.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Claimed that people should rely more on instinct and emotion instead of only reason' - Which Enlightenment thinker's view does this statement represent?

    <p>Jean-Jacques Rousseau</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who stated, 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it'?

    <p>Voltaire</p> Signup and view all the answers

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