PrepTest 90+, Section 2, Question 16
Historians have found that significant intellectual advances generally occur in cities or countries that have a stable political system. But these same historians acknowledge that in ancient Athens, Plato and Aristotle made unparalleled intellectual progress during a period of great political and social unrest.
Historians have found that significant intellectual advances generally occur in cities or countries that have a stable political system. But these same historians acknowledge that in ancient Athens, Plato and Aristotle made unparalleled intellectual progress during a period of great political and social unrest.
Historians have found that significant intellectual advances generally occur in cities or countries that have a stable political system. But these same historians acknowledge that in ancient Athens, Plato and Aristotle made unparalleled intellectual progress during a period of great political and social unrest.
Historians have found that significant intellectual advances generally occur in cities or countries that have a stable political system. But these same historians acknowledge that in ancient Athens, Plato and Aristotle made unparalleled intellectual progress during a period of great political and social unrest.
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to reconcile the historians' apparent counterexample with their general rule?
The political systems that have emerged since the time of Plato and Aristotle have in various ways been different from the political system in ancient Athens.
The citizens of ancient Athens generally held in high esteem people who were accomplished intellectually.
Financial support for intellectual endeavors is typically unavailable in unstable political environments, but in ancient Athens such support was provided by wealthy citizens.
Significant intellectual advances sometimes, though not always, lead to stable political environments.
Many thinkers besides Plato and Aristotle contributed to the intellectual achievements of ancient Athens.
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