#RFB-11000599Reading: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreHard
Enlightenments
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Of course there were many different Enlightenments, and scholars still [blank] about which was the real torch-bearer. However, despite their quarrelsome diversity, most Enlightenment thinkers shared certain intellectual traits - [blank] on intellectual autonomy, a [blank] of tradition and authority as the infallible sources of truth, a [blank] of bigotry and persecution, a [blank] to free enquiry, a belief that (in Francis Bacon's words) knowledge is power.
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Of course there were many different Enlightenments, and scholars still argue about which was the real torch-bearer. However, despite their quarrelsome diversity, most Enlightenment thinkers shared certain intellectual traits - insistence on intellectual autonomy, a rejection of tradition and authority as the infallible sources of truth, a dislike of bigotry and persecution, a commitment to free enquiry, a belief that (in Francis Bacon's words) knowledge is power.
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