Question 5 (1 point)
Instructions: The following passage may contain an explanation, argument, or may be interpreted as either an argument or
an explanation. Choose the most appropriate answer from the choices below.
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to
crush him. A vapour, a drop of water suffices to kill him. But, if the universe were to crush him, man would still be more
noble than that which killed him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him; the
universe knows nothing of this.-Blaise Pascal, Pensées 347
Argument
Explanation
Both