The claim of this passage is "Lawlessness will destroy
society."
The lawlessness of which you speak too easily steals in.
Yes, I replied, in the form of amusement; and at first
sight it appears harmless.
Why, yes, he said, and there is no harm; were it not that
little by little this spirit of licence, finding a home,
imperceptibly penetrates into manners and customs;
whence, issuing with greater force, it invades contracts
between man and man, and from contracts goes on to
laws and constitutions, in utter recklessness, ending at
last, Socrates, by an overthrow of all rights, private as
well as public.
-The Republic,
Plato
Which type of reasoning is used to support the claim?
Of inductive because the speaker moves toward a
broad conclusion
O deductive because the speaker uses a pattern to
move to a point
O abductive because the speaker moves toward a
generalization
O inductive because the speaker uses a specific
example
Done