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Which of the Enlightenment ideals—rationalism, empiricism, progressivism, or cosmopolitanism—do you think was most important to its spread?

Describe mercantilism in your own words. Was it a just economic policy? Were the foundations of mercantilist theory sound?

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  • I believe that the enlightenment ideal that was most important to spread was empiricism. Empiricism is a theory that defends that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience. Empiricism influenced sciences and led to the actual scientific methods we know today.
  • Mercantilism was not just an economic policy, it was a principle that was taken by most of the European countries that demanded that those countries accumulated the largest possible share of wealth so they could be considered more influential. Mercantilism not just had economical effects but also influenced the creation of colonies in the new world and influenced trade which led to cultural exchange and expansion. Also led to military rivalry.
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The Enlightenment ideal that helped it to spread was Rationalism.

While Empiricism is a philosophical perspective that explains the rational acceptance of knowledge gained through experience and observation, Rationalism extolled intellectual reasoning as the only means to acquire knowledge.

Knowledge comes in so many ways. Rationalism and Empiricism cannot fully explain how knowledge is acquired.  Knowledge is also acquired through revelations.

2. Mercantilism spread the belief that exports sustain economic interests. This economic principle discouraged imports and international cooperation and encouraged self-reliance.

While the mercantile policy sounds just for advantaged countries, it undermines a basic human fact that there must be economic cooperation and reciprocal trade among nations of the world. International trade based on reciprocity, not just exports, helps countries to satisfy the needs of their citizens.

Thus, the foundations of Mercantile theory are not balanced. To be sound, it needs to embrace international cooperation and interdependence.

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