The Five-Element Theory in China

question 29

Multiple Choice

The five-element theory in China

• A) Is confirmed by Western science.
• B) Is actually the same as the Greek theory of the elements.
• C) Was as helpful to early scientific thought in China as the Greek theory of the elements was to the development of Western science.
• D) All of the above.

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Definitions:

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