Benedetto Croce was
A) a leading fascist thinker.
B) an early neo-Leninist.
C) a defender of democracy.
D) the author of realistic Italian novels.
E) a leading proponent in the belief that humans had no control of the world around them.
Ans: C
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a. Galileo's telescope
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c. La Mettrie's self-winding watch
d. Descartes's automata
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