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The Green Movement, which started nearly twenty-five years ago, has gripped the imagination of the entire human race. In 1972 the world's first nationwide Green party was founded in New Zealand. We have shifted from a mechanistic view to a holistic and ecological view of the world, a shift as revolutionary as that introduced by Copernicus. For the first time there is a growing worldwide consciousness that the earth itself is a living organism, with its own vital processes that must be respected and preserved. The author compares the shift to an ecological worldview with Copernicus's ideas in order to:
Aprove the earth revolves round the sun
Bquestion the Green Movement
Cemphasise how revolutionary the change in perception is
Dcriticise sixteenth-century science
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. emphasise how revolutionary the change in perception is
The Copernicus comparison stresses how revolutionary the shift in human perception is.
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