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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: Isaac Newton's mechanistic worldview, as detailed in the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, directly influenced Enlightenment literature by reinforcing the belief that a rational, ordered system of discoverable laws governs reality rather than divine superstition. Reason R: This shift toward rational inquiry inspired Neoclassical authors to apply scientific precision to their work, as evidenced by Alexander Pope's tribute to Newton for bringing light to 'Nature's Laws' and James Thomson's The Seasons, which used Newtonian observation to create the first sustained nature poem unified by the natural cycle. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: