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Post subject: PT9, S1, Q18; The author characterizes...  Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:42 pm |
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I had trouble with this passage as a whole, and question 18 confused me.
Here's my understanding for D: The author mentions the tradition of "law-giver," in relation to the critical factor in "breaking the power monopoloy" and then continues with "But...the mere existence of written laws changes little." So I can understand how D would make sense, but I still feel uneasy about it, perhaps partially because it's a confusing passage to me in general.
Could you shed some light on this question and help me to understand it better?
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Post subject: Re: PT9, S1, Q18; The author characterizes... Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:40 pm |
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Seems like you got it. Nice emphasis of that critical pivot word "but." I hope you also emphasized the critical word "unless," as in "unless the right of interpretation is democratized..." This is where the author begins the bulk of her argument regarding elites in Greece, via their access to books and documents.
You can even dip into the first part of the next paragraph to help aid your understanding of the second paragraph. The first sentence says "In fact...only elites consulted documents." Ah. So why is the "law-giver" some kind of myth? Because common people didn't actually read important stuff. Thus, literacy isn't what brought down the aristocracy.
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