Eighteenth-Century Enlightenment Thought

question 38

Multiple Choice

Eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought

• A) rejected most religious thought.
• B) challenged concepts such as "natural laws."
• C) suggested that people had considerable control over their own lives.
• D) had little influence on American intellectual thought.
• E) emphasized the importance of religious faith.

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