The Hydraulically-Operated Mechanical Statues at St

question 15

Multiple Choice

The hydraulically-operated mechanical statues at St.Germain were important to Descartes because:

• A) the mythological scenes they represented directed his attention toward important psychological problems.
• B) they suggested the idea that animal bodies could be understood mechanistically as automata.
• C) they inspired him to construct some experimental hydraulic models of his own.
• D) all of the above

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