What is the purpose of the scene in Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich in which Ivan Ilyich thinks about the following logical argument, known as a syllogism?
"Caius is a man, men are mortal, therefore Caius is mortal.”
- To show that all men are mortal and therefore Ivan Ilyich, a man, must die
- To show that Ivan Ilyich finally acknowledges that he is dying
- To show that Ivan Ilyich’s attitude toward life has not prepared him to face death
- To show that Ivan Ilyich has had a good education and therefore his thoughts are sophisticated
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