Scientific theory
________ sought to represent physical nature as it existed in reality.
Darwin
________ and Freud questioned the privileged status that Western intellectuals had given to humanity.
Voltaire
________ (1694- 1778) would have felt at ease in a comprehensive discussion of scientific notions around the year 1850.
Christianity
________ has been subjected to the most serious intellectual assault in its history.
Hungary
________ began providing primary education in 1868, the United Kingdom in 1870, Switzerland in 1874, Italy in 1877, and France between 1878 and 1881.
knowledgeable people
At the turn of the century, ________ saw the physical world as rational, mechanical, and trustworthy.
Literacy
________ on the Continent increased gradually beginning in the 1860s as governments funded education.
William Whewell of Cambridge University
The term "scientist "was coined by ________ in the early 1830s and was widely used by the end of the century.