How was Rousseau a rebel against the Enlightenment?
A) He was a man of no formal education but embraced the ideas of rationalism and internal knowledge gained independent of the senses.
B) He supported the individual over the community and notion of equality for men.
C) He was a believer in the theory of religion based upon faith and a strong understanding of science and how they were juxtaposed.
D) He glorified both nature and society in his prose, while rejecting theology.
E) He embodied the Romantic Movement and shunned the enlightened thinkers, attacking rationalism.
E
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A. Presbyterians. B. Unitarians. C. Quakers. D. Baptists. E. Methodists.
He went to the Sudan but chose not to follow the orders that he was given by the British government.
a. Benjamin Disraeli b. William Gladstone c. George Gordon d. David Livingston e. Prince Albert
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