What is the lesson we should derive after encountering the following sentence
uttered by a speaker:
"The lure of imaginary totality is momentarily frozen before the
dialectic of desire hastens on within symbolic chains."
A) The speaker has an impressive command of the language that we should admire.
B) The speaker has an impressive intellect and, hence, a positive ethos.
C) The speaker offers good thought, but using alliteration could bolster understanding.
D) A speaker should not confuse pompous expression with profound thinking.
D
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