Enlightenment thinkers believed that
A) the progressive increase of knowledge was the key towards making the world a more perfect place.
B) the revival of knowledge from the ancient world would set them apart from their predecessors.
C) knowledge is relative to the society from which it emerges and can as easily be lost as found.
D) the obtainment of knowledge was the highest calling of God.
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