Whatever a learned Man may do here, an intelligent American, who enquired into the Nature
of Things, would scarce take it for a satisfactory Account, if desiring to learn our
Architecture, he should be told, That a Pillar was a thing supported by a Basis, and a Basis
something that supported a Pillar.—John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:This
passage from John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding does
not contain an argument. The passage only contains one claim, and arguments require a
minimum of two claims.
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A) valid B) invalid
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