Paley says, "Nor, fifthly, would it yield his inquiry more satisfaction to be answered, that there existed in things a ______________, which had disposed the parts of the watch into their present form and situation."
A) magnitude of disorder
B) trajectory of force
C) principle of order
D) discontinuous flux

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Paley is discussing his argument for the existence of a designer, and he is positing that it would not be satisfying to suggest that the watch took its form and situation due to some random, chaotic force. Instead, he believes that the parts of the watch were disposed into their present order by a principle of order, which implies a deliberate and intentional designer. Out of the given choices, the closest match to Paley's argument is "principle of order."

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