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Below, a passage is given with five blanks labelled (A)-(E). Below the passage, five options are given for each blank. Choose the word that fits each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer. According to Nietzsche, life is an instinct of growth, for

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Below, a passage is given with five blanks labelled (A)-(E). Below the passage, five options are given for each blank. Choose the word that fits each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer.

According to Nietzsche, life is an instinct of growth, for survival, for the accumulation of forces and for power. Life itself is Will to Power, he affirms. He disregards all other values and virtues of life, which the rational ethical traditions of post-Socratic philosophies have _(A)_. Instead, Nietzsche idealizes power and argues that nothing in life has value except the degree of power. He affirms that, where the will to power is lacking there is decline.This will to power is not just a will to survive or preserve one’s existence. Instead, it is a _(B)_ force: to act in life and not just to react.

The most important _(C)_ in the path of realizing this will is moral and religious beliefs and the social establishments created to promote them. Nietzsche affirms that all morality and religion are against this, as all of them demand _(D)_. They try to replace the will with obedience and the natural freedom with loyalty. Ancient culture was free from the _(E)_ of these moral and religious traditions. With the emergence of the rational philosophical tradition of Plato and Aristotle, the decline begins. According to Nietzsche, they discounted the body as the seat of emotions and idealized the rational mind over the passionate will.


Which of the following is appropriate for blank labelled (B)?
1). Aggressive
2). Ardent
3). Dedicated
4). Proactive


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Aggressive means to behave in a violent and angry way. This will not be appropriate because the Will to Power is not aggressive in nature. So, we can eliminate option 1. Option 3 is also not a proper fit for the blank.

Ardent - very enthusiastic or passionate

Proactive -  to take actions in order to control a situation rather than just reacting to it after it has happened

Solicit - to ask someone for money, information, or any other kind of help

The part of the sentence after the blank ‘to act in life and not just to react’ suggests the use of the word proactive to convey a logical meaning.

Thus, the correct answer is option 4.

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