Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
True or false: Many of the leading thinkers of the 18th-century Enlightenment came from Scotland.
- ATrueRight answer
- BFalse
Answer: True
Many of the great Enlightenment thinkers were Scottish, such as Adam Smith, who wrote about economics, and David Hume, who wrote about human nature.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "A global power". Practice question 163 of 651, written in our own words.