Enlightenment and Philosophers

Which philosopher promoted the ideas of laissez-faire economics, which hold that the state should not interfere in economic matters?

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Adam Smith

Which philosopher believed in Deism, which holds that God created the universe, set it in motion, and allowed it to run without interference according to its natural laws?

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Adam Smith

Which philosopher believed advocated for women's rights by claiming that because the Enlightenment was based on an ideal of reason in all human beings, women should have the same rights as men?

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Wollstonecraft

• Adam Smith

Which philosopher believed in a system of separation of powers and checks & balances as a form of government?

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Wollstonecraft

• Adam Smith

Who relied on ancient authorities for their basis of knowledge?

• "Natural Philosophers" - Medieval Scientists

• Renaissance Humanists

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

Who believed in the Geocentric theory of the universe and combine the teachings of Ptolemy + Christianity + Aristotle?

• "Natural Philosophers" - Medieval Scientists

• Renaissance Humanists

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

Who started to translate Greek and Latin texts and discovered that other ancient thinkers like Archimedes and Plato disagreed with Aristotle?

• "Natural Philosophers" - Medieval Scientists

• Renaissance Humanists

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

Who believed in a theory of the universe as heliocentric, in which the sun instead of Earth was at the center of the universe and that the Earth rotated on its own axis?

• "Natural Philosophers" - Medieval Scientists

• Renaissance Humanists

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

Who confirmed that the sun was at the center of the universe by showing that the planets' orbits around the sun were elliptical, contradicting the ideas of the Ptolemaic system?

• Renaissance Humanists

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

Who discovered that the heavenly bodies (outer space) appeared composed of material substance as in Earth?

• Renaissance Humanists

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton