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Question 14 • United States History

What did European philosophers during the Enlightenment believe? Choose three correct answers.

Answer
A
They could learn from ancient Greek and Roman thinkers.
B
Human nature could be studied using the scientific method.
C
Existing ideas about politics did not require improvement.
D
Monarchies and the church were good models of authority.
E
Science and reason could help them understand the world.

Explanation

Enlightenment philosophers valued reason and evidence, believing science could help explain the world and that human nature could be studied systematically. Many also drew on the ideas of ancient Greek and Roman thinkers. They often questioned traditional political and religious authority, so they did not generally accept that existing political ideas needed no improvement or that monarchies and the church were ideal models.

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