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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Mechanism did not teach that the works of nature were of a higher order than those of humans. In fact, it emphasized the idea that nature could be understood and controlled by human beings through rational analysis and experimentation.

All of the Following Can Be Said About Mechanism EXCEPT