What was the overriding theme of New Atlantis?
A) A focus on metaphysics and theory
B) A call to return to Plato and Aristotle
C) Arguing for a science that would tend towards the useful
D) A respect for nature and man’s care for the natural world
E) A defense of deductive reasoning
Ans: C
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