Compared, broadly speaking, with other centers of civilization in the world, which of the following had become the most distinctive characteristic of Western intellectual life by about 1750?

a. concern with manipulation of nature to serve human interests
b. centrality of science in understanding reality
c. appreciation of poetry in elite circles
d. importance of the written world in preservation of the wisdom of the past
e. innovation resulting from exposure to the knowledge and practices of other civilizations


Answer: b. centrality of science in understanding reality

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