Question

The Declaration of Independence and the "Social Contract Theory" both arose from which philosophical movement?

A) Realism

B) Humanism

C) Enlightenment

D) Existentialism

Answer 1

C) Enlightenment

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Answer 2

The correct answer is letter C.

Explanation: Enlightenment is a cultural movement that developed in England, Holland and France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. At that time, intellectual development, which had been taking place since the Renaissance, gave rise to ideas of political and economic freedom defended by the bourgeoisie. The philosophers and economists who spread these ideas considered themselves propagators of light and knowledge.