Which French writer translated Newton's 'Principia' into French?
Answer
Emilie du Chatelet
80 The Enlightenment Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which French mathematician wrote the 'Preliminary Discourse' to the Encyclopedie?
Answer
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
What country was home to the Scottish Enlightenment?
Answer
Scotland
Which French hostess ran one of the most famous Paris salons of the Enlightenment?
Answer
Madame Geoffrin
Which Russian empress corresponded with Voltaire and Diderot?
Answer
Catherine the Great
Which Prussian king is closely associated with enlightened absolutism and corresponded with Voltaire?
Answer
Frederick the Great
Which Italian philosopher wrote 'On Crimes and Punishments'?
Answer
Cesare Beccaria
Who wrote 'The Fable of the Bees'?
Answer
Bernard Mandeville
What is the original French title of Voltaire's 'Candide'?
Answer
Candide, ou l'Optimisme
Which French philosopher wrote 'System of Nature'?
Answer
Baron d'Holbach
Who wrote 'An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation'?
Answer
Jeremy Bentham
Who wrote 'Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals'?
Answer
Immanuel Kant
Who wrote 'A Treatise of Human Nature'?
Answer
David Hume
Who wrote 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'?
Answer
Mary Wollstonecraft
What Latin phrase does Kant use to define Enlightenment?
Answer
Sapere aude
Which French philosopher wrote 'Dictionnaire philosophique'?
Answer
Voltaire
Who wrote the pamphlet 'Common Sense'?
Answer
Thomas Paine
Who wrote 'Leviathan'?
Answer
Thomas Hobbes
Who wrote 'The Wealth of Nations'?
Answer
Adam Smith
Who edited the French Encyclopédie?
Answer
Denis Diderot
Which Enlightenment thinker proposed the separation of powers?
Answer
Montesquieu
Who wrote 'The Social Contract'?
Answer
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Which French philosopher is known for writing 'Candide'?
Answer
Voltaire
Who wrote 'Two Treatises of Government'?
Answer
John Locke