#12 - The Discourses, a work attributed to the ancient

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[ange.li6778]

Could someone confirm the causal relationship here? Here is what I thought:
Cause: if Arrian tried to pass off his own views as Epictetus's, this deception would soon be exposed.
Effect: the author was not Arrian.

The right answer, D, strengthens this by adding another reason why the author is not likely to be Arrian.

[Robert Carroll]

ange.li6778,

You're on the right track! I would add that the reason that answer choice (D) strengthens is that it shows that Arrian would have been particularly unlikely to have done something that would have jeopardized his status, so it's really enhancing the reason given in the stimulus.

Robert Carroll