WGU C100 MOD 4-4.03 - 4.05 MAJOR THEMES NEOCLASSICISM & ENLIGHTENMENT

The Age of Enlightenment is also known as the Age of Expansion. True or False? - False This is a false statement. The Age of Enlightenment is also known as the Age of Reason. Who said, "The age we live in is a busy age, in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection"? a. Immanuel Kant b. Jeremy Bentham c. Benjamin Franklin - Correct. The answer is b. It was English philosopher Jeremy Bentham who said, "The age we live in is a busy age, in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection." What was the goal of the Encyclopédie? a. To record new scientific discoveries b. To publicize the works of aspiring artists c. To collect human knowledge in one place - c. The Encyclopédie was a project started by French writers and thinkers to collect human knowledge in one place. 4.05 The philosophers of the Enlightenment turned away from the influence of devout faith, which they believed clouded human judgment with emotional bias. Instead, they elevated the role of reason in finding more answers about the world, which led to the rise of such schools of thought as - skepticism empiricism rationalism Enlightenment thinkers further developed the nuances of these philosophical approaches, debating and criticizing previous ideals. 4.05 A point of view that emphasizes the role of reason over the senses in gaining knowledge - RATIONALISM