All of the following statements about the Enlightenment are true EXCEPT:
A) it refers to a wave of new,challenging ideas based on human reason and scientific inquiry.
B) it believed that the pursuit of material goods beyond subsistence shapes social conduct.
C) it promoted the idea that human beings are ends in themselves.
D) it encouraged individual choices and allowed individuals to focus on material pleasures.

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The Enlightenment primarily emphasized reason, knowledge, and science as the means to understand the world and improve human conditions, rather than focusing on the pursuit of material goods beyond subsistence as a shaping force in social conduct. This statement is more closely aligned with the ideas of consumerism and economic theories that came later.

All of the Following Statements About the Enlightenment Are True