All of the Following Can Be Said About Mechanism EXCEPT

question 28

Multiple Choice

All of the following can be said about mechanism EXCEPT:

• A) It was a view of the universe shared by Descartes, Bacon, and Galileo.
• B) It considered nature as a machine.
• C) It rejected Aristotelian distinctions between the works of man and those of God.
• D) It taught that the works of nature were of a higher order than those of humans.
• E) It held that all motion was subject to the same laws.

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