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Chapter 12
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Why does Paine argue the Christian system narrowed "learning" down to the study of dead languages?
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Because the continually progressive knowledge gained from science would expose the falsity of the Christian creation story, so restricting learning to linguistics kept the sciences — and their implications — out of Christian schools
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Because dead languages were considered more beautiful than living ones
C
Because Latin and Greek were required for trade with other nations
D
Because the Church wanted to preserve ancient literature for its own sake
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