Ambiguity inspires interpretation. The saying, "We are the measure of all things," for instance, has been interprete...

Daniella-Vieira August 28, 2018

Conclusion

Hi, I don't really understand the explanation below. I also had a hard time understanding why "Ambiguity Inspires inspiration" would be the conclusion. I interpreted as a generalization or a principle that supports the conclusion which is that humans must rely on themselves to find true. Can somebody please try to explain the other perspective for me here?

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Max-Youngquist August 30, 2018

@daniella-vieira an easy trick for questions like this is to focus in on certain phrases that identify whether a sentence is a premise or a conclusion. In this case, the key phrase is "for instance." That identifies the second sentence as a premise. "For example," and "After all.." are other examples of phrases that are always used to identify premise sentences on the LSAT. Phrases like "Therefore," or "Thus" are always used to identify conclusion sentences.

Since this argument is only two sentences long, and an argument requires at least one premise and a conclusion, the fact that we've identified the second sentence as a premise means that the first sentence must be the conclusion. So although "Ambiguity inspires inspiration" might not immediately sound like a typical conclusion to you when you read it, you can still establish it as such by following the line of reasoning I've laid out. I hope that helps!

jessicalange May 20, 2019

Can you please explain why the answer is D and not the four other answer choices?