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What is the central idea of this passage?
Answer: Option A
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A
The statement in option B is a general statement that the author makes to introduce the topic but it is not the main theme of the passage. The author does not go into detail to compare the merits and demerits of these two ways. Option C is true but is again not the main theme. Option D is neither mentioned in or can be inferred from the passage.
Option A is the main theme of the passage. The author highlights it in the opening line of the third paragraph where he writes that ‘It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have the preference above the accurate and abstruse…..’ and goes on further to elaborate this point.
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The statement in option B is a general statement that the author makes to introduce the topic but it is not the main theme of the passage. The author does not go into detail to compare the merits and demerits of these two ways. Option C is true but is again not the main theme. Option D is neither mentioned in or can be inferred from the passage.
Option A is the main theme of the passage. The author highlights it in the opening line of the third paragraph where he writes that ‘It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have the preference above the accurate and abstruse…..’ and goes on further to elaborate this point.
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