Just as Galileo Used Science to Prove Copernicus's Theory That

question 31

Multiple Choice

Just as Galileo used science to prove Copernicus's theory that the sun was the center of the universe, so did Hobbes attempt to use science to prove the correctness of whose theory of power?

• A)Peter Abelard's
• B)Aristotle's
• C)Francis Bacon's
• D)Machiavelli's
• E)Plato's

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