Which of the Following CANNOT Be Associated with the Ionians

Multiple Choice

Which of the following CANNOT be associated with the Ionians?

A) ethics as the heart of philosophic speculation
B) curiosity about the essential substance that gave rise to all physical phenomena
C) physical explanations accounting for natural phenomena
D) nature no longer manipulated by the gods or subject to chance
E) the ability of the human intellect to grasp nature's hidden structure