Question

Which list states events of the Enlightenment in the correct order? i. Locke builds on the ideas of Hobbes. ii. The English Civil War comes to an end. iii. Rousseau publishes The Social Contract. iv. Montesquieu publishes Spirit of Laws.

Answer 1

This is the correct chronological order:

- English Civil War was fought between 1642 to 1651 leaving 34,000 Parlamentarians and 50,000 Royalists dead.

-John Lock publishes An Essay Concerning Human Undestanding in 1689 htere he bases on the ideas of Hobbes that man is not separated form nature.

- The Spirit of Laws published in 1748 by Montesquieu in two volumes, comprising 31 books in 1086 pages.

- The Social Contract was published in 1761 by Jean-Jaques Rousseau.

Answer 2

The best option in terms of the correct order of events would be the last (assuming this is referring to the same options as before), which places the Enlightenment ideas of Locke before Hobbes.