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.
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
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