Question

Which of the following best describes the relation of the third paragraph to the passage a whole?

• A. It introduces a new argument that is further elaborated in the next passage.
• B. It contrasts the two different ways of approaching an issue and provides evidence for why one is better than the other.
• C. It states and further explains the main idea of the passage.
• D. It makes a general observation to be exemplified.

Answer 1

The correct option is C It states and further explains the main idea of the passage.

The third paragraph explains the central idea of the passage that people find obvious philosophy more appealing than abstruse philosophy.

It neither presents a new argument nor offers a summary of earlier ideas. The author offers examples to provide evidence for his main idea and not for a general point in the last line of the last paragraph.