Descartes' "Corpuscles" Were

question 36

Multiple Choice

Descartes' "corpuscles" were

• A)a forerunner of modern atomic and quantum theories.
• B)part of his radical dualism between body and soul.
• C)central to a new theory of blood circulation.
• D)his terms for the discredited theory of heavenly beings.
• E)his mechanistic explanation of the universe.

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