Identifications- Be able to explain the significance of each term (or person) and the relationship between
them
Copernicus/Galileo
Thomas Hobbes/John Locke
Isaac Newton/Francis Bacon
Coffeehouse/Salon
Philosophes/ “Republic of Letters”
Deism/Toleration
Descartes/Voltaire’s Candide
Hume/Spinoza
Encyclopedia/Wealth of Nations
Montesquieu/ Rousseau
Emile/Vindication of the Rights of Women
Fredrick the Great/ Joseph II
Catherine the Great/ Polish Partitions
Essay Questions
What was the “Enlightenment?” Be sure to describe central ideas, people, national and regional
variations, and the differences between elite writings and public readings. How did Enlightenment
philosophy view women? What were its views towards slavery? How important or widespread was the
Enlightenment?
Describe the economic, administrative, and religious policies of Frederick the Great, Joseph II, and
Catherine the Great, were there any significant distinctions between the conduct of these rulers towards
their subjects?
What does Blanning mean by the “Culture of Reason”? Based upon what you have read in Blanning,
what is the connection between the “triumphant progress of symphony” and the growth of the “public
sphere”?
