Question

The author of the passage would most likely agree that which one of the following is a weakness found in Pocock's work?

• A. the use of the term "language” to describe the expressive features of several diverse kinds of discourse
• B. the overemphatic denigration of the role of the analytic philosopher in establishing the meaning of a political, or indeed any, text
• C. the emphasis on the overriding importance of civic humanism in eighteenth-century English political thought
• D. the insistence on a single linguistic dichotomy to account for political thought in eighteenth-century England and the United States

Answer 1

The correct option is D

the insistence on a single linguistic dichotomy to account for political thought in eighteenth-century England and the United States

The author, in the passage describes about Pocock’s approach of “virtue” central to civic humanism. The author then says that Pocock’s approach was fertile in case of England, but it was controversial in case of late eighteenth century United States, making option D the correct answer.