Enlightenment Thinkers
1 / 15Meet the philosophers who shaped the Age of Reason and modern democracy
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Which English philosopher is known as the 'Father of Liberalism' and wrote 'Two Treatises of Government'?
About Enlightenment Thinkers
Meet the philosophers who shaped the Age of Reason and modern democracy Enlightenment Thinkers packs 15 multiple-choice questions aimed at mixed difficulty into a relaxed session of roughly 7 minutes — no sign-up, no timer pressure. An explanation appears after every answer, and finishing once a day keeps your streak alive.
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1. Which English philosopher is known as the 'Father of Liberalism' and wrote 'Two Treatises of Government'?
Answer: John Locke
2. Voltaire was a leading Enlightenment figure from which country?
Answer: France
3. Thomas Hobbes described life in the 'state of nature' as 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and' what?
Answer: Short
4. Which Enlightenment thinker advocated for the separation of powers into legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
Answer: Montesquieu
5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 'The Social Contract' begins with which famous line?
Answer: Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains
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