History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET July 2016 History
Who among the following is not a philosopher of the Enlightenment?
ADenis Diderot
BRousseau
CDavid Hume
DHerbert Spencer ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Herbert Spencer — Herbert Spencer was not a philosopher of the Enlightenment, so the answer is Herbert Spencer.
Explanation
★Herbert Spencer was not a philosopher of the Enlightenment, so the answer is Herbert Spencer.
★He belonged to a later age, the nineteenth century.
★He is known for the idea of social evolution.
★Denis Diderot, Rousseau and David Hume were thinkers of the Enlightenment.
★They worked in the eighteenth century.
★So among these only Herbert Spencer was not an Enlightenment philosopher.
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