Why is Axiom $5$,in the list of Euclid's axioms,considered a 'universal truth'? (Note that the question is not about the fifth postulate.)
- ABecause it is a mathematical rule.
- BBecause it applies to all things in the universe.
- CBecause it is a geometric theorem.
- DBecause it was proven by Euclid.
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