Which of the following best describes William of Ockham's significance?
A) By challenging Aquinas' scholasticism, Ockham revived ancient mysticism.
B) By separating reason and faith, Ockham's philosophy encouraged a more empirical examination of the natural world.
C) As the basis of scholasticism was being undermined, Ockham reunited philosophy and reason in a new and original synthesis.
D) Ockham's challenges to church authority and his emphasis on the Bible encouraged new heresies.
E) Ockham was one of the leading scientists of the Late Middle Ages who successfully disproved Aristotle's theory of motion.
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