“What was it like to live amidst such machines, to be familiar with them, to have them shape one's earliest intuitions about machinery: how it works, what it does, how it compares to living creatures?” HistoryAgencyLivelyMechanicalAnimateAutomatonMechanisticWater Theatre Book:The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick Source: The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick