According to the Text, the Political History of the Greeks

question 41

Multiple Choice

According to the text, the political history of the Greeks during the period of the polis reveals that

• A)rationalism weakened the fear of the gods, but it strengthened respect for the law.
• B)the creation and maintenance of a rational society was extremely difficult, and success was not guaranteed.
• C)the development of rational thought produced an appreciation of universal human rights, but it did not guarantee democracy as we understand it today.
• D)rationalism inevitably produces the most effective social and political systems, ones that still inspire the West.
• E)rationalism never aided the development of the polis .

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Definitions:

Subalternate

A term from traditional logic that refers to a relationship between categorical propositions where the truth of one proposition implies the truth of another.

Categorical Propositions

Statements that relate two categories or classes in a way that affirms or denies membership of one in relation to the other.

Contrary

Logically opposite, exhibiting contrast in a particular quality without being completely different.

Subcontrary

In logic, propositions that cannot both be false, but can both be true, especially within the square of opposition.