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Who wrote "Candide," a satirical novel that critiques optimism?
Answer: Who is Voltaire?
What did Voltaire famously advocate for in terms of religious tolerance?
Answer: What is the separation of church and state?
Which economist is known for the idea of the "invisible hand" in markets?
Answer: Who is Adam Smith?
What type of government did Montesquieu advocate for in "The Spirit of the Laws"?
Answer: What is a separation of powers?
How did Hobbes view human nature in his political philosophy?
Answer: What is inherently selfish and competitive?
Which philosopher authored "The Social Contract"?
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
How did John Locke view the role of religion in government?
Answer: What is that religion should not interfere with government?
What was Rousseau's stance on private property?
Answer: What is that it leads to inequality and conflict?
How did Hobbes describe life in a state of nature?
Answer: What is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"?
Answer: What is that humans are inherently good but corrupted by society?
Name the writer of "Two Treatises of Government," which laid the groundwork for modern democracy.
Who is John Locke?
Which Enlightenment thinker believed in deism, asserting that reason could lead to understanding the existence of a creator?
Who is Thomas Paine?
How did Locke's views influence economic thought regarding property rights?
Answer: What is that property is a natural right derived from labor?
What form of government did Rousseau argue for in his writings?
Answer: What is a direct democracy?
Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the potential for human progress through education?
Answer: Who is John Locke?
Who penned "Critique of Pure Reason," exploring the relationship between human experience and knowledge?
Who is Immanuel Kant?
What was Rousseau's perspective on organized religion?
Answer: What is that it corrupts the morals of people?
Which Enlightenment thinker critiqued capitalism and proposed the idea of communal ownership?
Answer: Who is Karl Marx? (Note: slightly outside traditional Enlightenment thinkers, but relevant)
How did John Locke influence the American Revolution with his ideas on government?
Answer: What is that government should protect individual rights and can be overthrown if it fails to do so?
How did Kant's view of human nature relate to morality?
Answer: What is that humans have the capacity for rational thought and moral decision-making?
Which Enlightenment thinker wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"?
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
How did Kant's views on religion differ from traditional beliefs?
Answer: What is that he emphasized morality over religious doctrine?
What did Montesquieu suggest about commerce and government?
Answer: What is that commerce promotes peace among nations?
What was Kant's view on the role of government in relation to individual freedom?
Answer: What is that it should promote and protect freedom and autonomy?
Answer: What is that reason is essential for improving human conditions?