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.
b
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