<p>A leading philosopher of our time, Ludwig Wittgenstein, laid down a _____ to which good historians ____: “Of that of which nothing is known nothing can be said.”</p>
<p>A) burden…protest
B) law…amend
C) rule…adhere
D) maxim…succumb
E) weapon…surrender</p>
<p>The answer is obviously C or D, but the book says C. To my knowledge, the answer could equally well be D? Can someone clarify?</p>
<p>ambiguous, I personally believe it could be C or D also</p>
<p>without reading your answer, I couldn’t choose b/w C & D.</p>
<p>^ for me I personally didn’t find this to be too difficult. While D could work just as well as C in a different context, here, the word “succumb” connotes something else. I feel like there is a major difference between adhering and succumbing. While the first one(adhere) could be more considered as a voluntary thing, the other is usually done without the voluntary will of the individual.</p>
<p>I would go with C just because it is the best choice given but both seem plausible, thats kind of happened to me before (or maybe I am just arguing with myself to make it happen so I can get one right? :)).</p>
<p>I’d choose C. Succumb has a much more negative connotation than adhere, imo.</p>
<p>Also, adhere just fits more naturally.</p>
<p>There is absolutely no ambiguity. “Adhere” is the only reasonable choice in this particular context, as “succumb” means something else entirely. For example, one can succumb to a vicious beating. It can essentially be defined as “capitulate under duress.”</p>
<p>There is no ambiguity whatsoever. You do not succumb to maxims, you succumb to something like hunger. You adhere to rules.</p>
<p>1 : to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire <succumb to=“” temptation=“”>
2 : to be brought to an end (as death) by the effect of destructive or disruptive forces</succumb></p>
<p>SUCCUMB</p>
<p>yep, i was thinking C too. succumb is more like surrender,something like that.</p>