Age of Enlightenment Trivia Questions

Rousseau argued humans are born good but corrupted by society; his 'Social Contract' emphasized freedom and collective will, not control.

Many, like Locke and Montesquieu, advocated for constitutional government or separation of powers, challenging absolute monarchy.

Voltaire was a philosopher and writer, but the Dewey Decimal System was created by Melvil Dewey in the 19th century, not during the Enlightenment.

This was a real, informal community of intellectuals across Europe and the Americas, communicating via letters, journals, and pamphlets.

While many criticized slavery, some, like Locke, invested in slave-trading companies, showing complex and contradictory views.

It appeared in the 'Berlinische Monatsschrift' in 1784, a journal that covered topics for general readers, including women of the educated middle class.

The term 'Aufklärung' was used in German by Kant, but 'the Enlightenment' as a historical label became standard in English only in the 1800s.

Diderot and d'Alembert's 'Encyclopédie' faced bans, so some volumes were printed on clandestine presses, including one disguised as a wine press.