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DQ 4_Western Civilization II

DQ 4_Western Civilization II

Q After reading the chapter, the summary and the outline and watching the videos on the Enlightenment Age, summarize the ideas of two of the philosophers discussed in the chapter. In terms of government and how it should work and what it means to the people, which of these philosophers do you agree with and why? Which one of the philosophers do you think had it entirely wrong with regard to good government?

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Enlightenment is often referred to as age of reason and some of its characteristics were the preoccupation with the moral and intellectual improvement of all humanity, the use of criticism as a scalpel to cut away the fanaticism, superstition, and bigotry, the use of reason in all human affairs, and perfectibility of humankind. Two of the philosophers who tried to defy the old traditions and bring a change were Voltaire and Montesquieu