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- 1. Promoted reason aboove religion concluding that belief in God was mere superstition.
- 4. A philosopher-influencer in French.
- 5. Insisted that religious truth should be subject to the authority of human reason rather than divine revelation.
- 8. The foundation of the Enlightenment, the belief that, by using the power of reason, humans could arrive at truth and improve human life.
- 12. Made fun of rulers and their corruption, valuing honesty and simple lives.
- 14. Belived that man was born basically good, and idea that society is what corrupts mankind.
- 17. included a range of ideas centered on the value of human happiness and the pursuit of knowledge.
- 18. ____ Will.
- 19. Pioneered the ideas of natural law.
- 20. A system of law based on a close observation of human nature, and based on values intrinsic to human nature that can be deduced and applied independently of positive law.
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- 2. was A french philosopher who supported limited government.
- 3. Where women hosted regular get-togethers in their homes to hear the latest idea, learn the latest book, or meet the latest philosopher-influencer.
- 6. A free slave who described the middle passage after he had been kidnapped in present-day Nigeria and enslaved.
- 7. Tea, Coffee, Alcohol, and Tobacco.
- 9. Argued for a laissez-faire market.
- 10. Enlightenment views fed into rising movemeBritain Britan, France, the Netherlands, and their colonies to abolish ____.
- 11. The view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live.
- 13. believed that the Enlightenment’s emphasis on reason would lead to the end of the persecution of Jewish people.
- 15. The editor of the Encyclopedia/Encyclopédie.
- 16. Argued for the ability of every person to think for themselves.
