How did the intellectual movement of the Renaissance help set the stage for the Enlightenment?

By rejecting all forms of art and culture.

By celebrating human potential and individualism.

By establishing absolute monarchies across Europe.

By proving that the Earth revolved around the Sun.

The Scientific Revolution's success in explaining the physical world led Enlightenment thinkers to ask a new, fundamental question. What was this question?

Which ancient civilization had the most advanced technology?

Could reason and logic also be used to understand human society and government?

How could alchemy be used to turn lead into gold?

Why did the Church hold so much political power in European nations?

It proved that the scientific method was the only path to truth.

It encouraged people to question long-standing authority and develop their own ideas.

It established a single, unified Protestant church throughout Europe.

It restored the political power of the ancient Roman emperors.

Thinkers moved from studying society to studying the physical universe.

The focus changed from using faith to using reason and logic to solve problems.

The application of reason shifted from the natural world to human society and government.

Scientists stopped conducting experiments and began writing political pamphlets.