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Which Enlightenment thinker wrote 'Letters on the English' after living in England?
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Voltaire
Which Italian city was the center of the Enlightenment journal 'Il Caffe'?
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Milan
Which 1746 work by Diderot was condemned by the Parliament of Paris and publicly burned?
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Philosophical Thoughts
How many volumes did the Encyclopedie have in its original 1751-1772 publication?
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28
Which French marquis wrote 'Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind'?
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Condorcet
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Which 1746 work by Diderot was condemned by the Parliament of Paris and publicly burned?
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Which philosopher was nicknamed the 'German Socrates'?
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Moses Mendelssohn
Which German writer authored the Enlightenment play 'Nathan the Wise'?
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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