What Most Closely Describes the Contributions of Isaac Newton and John

question 62

Multiple Choice

What most closely describes the contributions of Isaac Newton and John Locke to the Enlightenment?

• A)They created two antagonistic religious systems of thought.
• B)They provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by arguing that through rational reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge one could discover natural laws governing all aspects of human society.
• C)They claimed that mathematics and science would bring about the cure for the evils of society but only very slowly.
• D)They said the philosophes were the prophets of the future and that their rejection of the scientific revolution was justified.
• E)They had little influence on the later Enlightenment as they were perceived to be figures of the "old" seventeenth century.

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