Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks.

Though in agreement with most of the _______ of rationalist philosophy, Sigmund Freud had less confidence in the power of reason than some thinkers before him and unlike them, he believed humans were not ______ rational creatures.

  1. lessons, immutably

  2. precepts, fundamentally

  3. idioms, essentially

  4. innovations, irreducibly

  5. versions, especially

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct Answer: precepts, fundamentally With rationalist philosophy, only precepts, meaning doctrine or instruction, fits correctly. For the second blank, fundamentally fits correctly. Freud did not believe that man was basically a rational creature.