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Free Inquiry is a Golden Age Policy Card from the Dramatic Ages game mode in Civilization VI. It is available from the Classical Era to the Medieval Era and uses a Wildcard Slot Wildcard slot.

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Free Inquiry has similar effects to its namesake Dedication, save for replacing the Eureka Eureka enhancement with a Gold Gold bonus for Campuses. It is one of the most powerful Golden Age Policy Cards in the game, especially when combined with Natural Philosophy, Town Charters, and/or Naval Infrastructure. Civilizations that benefit the most from it include Korea, Mali, Japan, England, Phoenicia, and Brazil.

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Knowledge is power, the philosopher Michel Foucault noted, and as such it is dangerous. Societies devoted to free inquiry gamble that they are strong enough to survive the answers that open questioning gives.

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Civilization VI Policy Cards [edit]
Military Policy
Military
After Action Reports AgogeBastionsChivalryConscriptionCraftsmen Defense of the MotherlandDisciplineDrill Manuals Equestrian Orders Feudal ContractForce Modernization Grande ArméeIntegrated Space CellInternational WatersLevée en MasseLightning WarfareLimesLimitanei LogisticsManeuverMaritime IndustriesMartial LawMilitary FirstMilitary ResearchNational IdentityNative ConquestPatriotic WarPress GangsProfessional ArmyPropagandaRaidResource Management RetainersRetinues SackSecond Strike Capability Strategic Air ForceSurveyTheir Finest HourThird Alternative Total WarVeterancyWars of Religion
Economic Policy
Economic
AestheticsCaravansariesCivil Prestige CollectivizationColonial OfficesColonial TaxesColonizationCorvéeCraftsmenEcommerceEconomic UnionExpropriationFive-Year PlanFree MarketGod KingGothic ArchitectureGrand OperaHeritage TourismIlkumInsulaeLand SurveyorsLiberalismMarket EconomyMedina QuarterMeritocracyNatural PhilosophyNaval InfrastructureNew DealOnline CommunitiesPublic TransportPublic WorksRationalismReligious OrdersResource ManagementSatellite BroadcastsScriptureSerfdomSimultaneumSkyscrapersSports MediaThird AlternativeTown ChartersTrade ConfederationTriangular TradeUrban Planning
Diplomatic Policy
Diplomatic
Arsenal of DemocracyCharismatic LeaderCollective ActivismColonial Offices Colonial Taxes Communications OfficeContainmentCryptographyDiplomatic LeagueGunboat DiplomacyInternational Space AgencyMachiavellianismMerchant ConfederationMusic Censorship Nuclear EspionagePolice StatePraetorium RajWisselbanken
Wildcard Policy
Wildcard
Aerospace Contractors Autocratic Legacy Communist Legacy Defense of the Motherland Democratic Legacy Diplomatic Capital Fascist Legacy FrescoesGlobal Coalition Hallyu InspirationIntegrated Attack Logistics InventionLaissez-FaireLiterary TraditionMartial Law Mercantile Legacy Military OrganizationMonarchic Legacy NavigationNobel PrizeNon-State Actors Oligarchic Legacy Rabblerousing Republican Legacy RevelationScience Foundations Space Tourism StrategosSymphoniesTheir Finest Hour Theocratic Legacy Traveling Merchants
Dark Age Policy
Dark
Automated Workforce Collectivism Cyber Warfare Decentralization1Despotic Paternalism1Disinformation Campaign Elite Forces Flower Power Inquisition Isolationism Letters of Marque Monasticism Robber Barons Rogue State Samoderzhaviye1Soft Targets1Twilight Valor
Golden Age Policy
Golden1
Culture Industry1Exodus of the Evangelists1Free Inquiry1Heartbeat of Steam1Mandala State1Military-Industrial Complex1Monumentality1Popular Front1Praetorian Guard1Reform the Coinage1Sakdina1Sky and Stars1Solidarity1To Arms!1Wish You Were Here1
1 Dramatic Ages mode only
Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.