Enlightenment Vocab.

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  1. 6. statement of Voltaire, calling for the destruction of the Catholic Church, which he believed was the root of evil, means "Destroy the infamous thing!"
  2. 7. Absolute ruler who used his or her power to bring about political and social change
  3. 8. Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.
  4. 10. a new innovation after the printing press that made books available to those who could not afford them
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  1. 1. This was the group of economists who believed that the wealth of a nation was derived solely from the value of its land
  2. 2. I think, therefore I am (Descartes)
  3. 3. French for "philosopher"; applied to all intellectuals during the Enlightenment
  4. 4. John Locke's concept of the mind as a blank sheet ultimately bombarded by sense impressions that, aided by human reasoning, formulate ideas.
  5. 5. A popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's or in revealing truths to prophets
  6. 9. Informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas