SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT QUIZ MAKE-UP ASSIGNMENT:
Name: _________________________
Time: 9:00 11:00 2:00
Answer one of the following questions in a 350-500 word essay.
1. How did the Enlightenment change basic Western attitudes toward reform, faith, and reason? What were the major formative influences on the philosophes? How important were Voltaire and the Encyclopedia in the success of the Enlightenment?
2. What were some of John Locke's most important ideas? Most specifically, discuss his views contained in Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Two Treatises of Government, and Letter Concerning Toleration. How would you evaluate John Locke’s influence on modern thought?
Time: 9:00 11:00 2:00
Answer one of the following questions in a 350-500 word essay.
1. How did the Enlightenment change basic Western attitudes toward reform, faith, and reason? What were the major formative influences on the philosophes? How important were Voltaire and the Encyclopedia in the success of the Enlightenment?
2. What were some of John Locke's most important ideas? Most specifically, discuss his views contained in Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Two Treatises of Government, and Letter Concerning Toleration. How would you evaluate John Locke’s influence on modern thought?