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stevenposner

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Following Descartes' lead using deductive reasoning, which of the following is associated with Isaac Newton?
 
  a. His work in optics led to more powerful telescopes.
  b. He became associated with the development of differential calculus.
  c. He described a predictable world based on gravity.
  d. He proposed the law of acceleration and deceleration of bodies in motion.
  e. All of these

Question 2

Which regarding women during the period of the Enlightenment is FALSE?
 
  a. Women often sponsored and participated in intellectual salons.
  b. European enlightened society saw women as intellectual equals.
  c. Margaret Cavendish argued that restrictions on women resulted from nothing more than the over-weening conceit men have of themselves.
  d. Mary Astell argued that absolute authority was not acceptable in the state or home.
  e. Mary Wollstonecraft believed that women should be allowed to achieve their full potential though education, citizenship, and financial autonomy.



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Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

b



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