LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a critique of judges.
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a critique of lawyers.
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a critique of philosophy.
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a critique of organized religion.
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a critique of family life.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher, who attacked the Catholic Church and advocated freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.
Detailed explanation-2: -Socrates found that his fellow citizens cared more for wealth, reputation, and their bodies while neglecting their souls (Apology 29d-30b). He believed that his mission from the god was to examine his fellow citizens and persuade them that the most important good for a human being was the health of the soul.
Detailed explanation-3: -Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher, one of the three greatest figures of the ancient period of Western philosophy (the others were Plato and Aristotle), who lived in Athens in the 5th century BCE.
Detailed explanation-4: -These are some of the most well-known of all Greek philosophers. Socrates (470/469–399 B.C.E.) is remembered for his teaching methods and for asking thought-provoking questions.