Philosophes of the High Enlightenment Were Increasingly

question 22

Multiple Choice

Philosophes of the High Enlightenment were increasingly

• A) academic in their discourses.
• B) isolated in society.
• C) revolutionary in their views.
• D) religious in their outlook.
• E) elitist.

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