一道LSAT难题 Set1 II-17

dandan74

if the artificial is not better than the natural, to what end are all the arts of life? to dig, to plow, to build, to wear clothes—all are direct violations of the injunction to follow nature.
17. which one of the following is an assumption made by the author of the passage?
(a) the arts of life have no useful end.
(b) the artificial is not better than the natural.
(c) digging, plowing, building, and wearing clothes are better than nature.
(d) the injunction to follow nature should not be violated.
(e) the arts of life are indirect means of following nature.

这道题我怎么也搞不清楚题干要说什么，conclusion是什么，帮帮忙吧

braveMBA

采用了反问的方式。
结论：artificial is better than the natural
论据：to dig,to plow, to build, to wear clothes —all are direct violations of the injunction to follow nature。
潜台词（即假设）是：这些东西都比NATURE 好，否则就是all the arts of life are to what end!   IF NOT, WEAKEN THE CONCLUSION

vrylwj

如果人工不比天然的好，那么所有的生命艺术有什么意义呢？to dig, to plow, to build, to wear clothes，这些都不是天然的。

意思是说这些虽然不是天然的，但还是有意义，不比人工的坏。问assumption.

C

dandan74

多谢两位!