GRE Text Completion Question 2487
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Source: OG2
What readers most commonly remember about John Stuart Mill's classic exploration of the liberty of thought and discussion concerns the danger of (i)_____: in the absence of challenge, one's opinions, even when they are correct, grow weak and flabby. Yet Mill had another reason for encouraging the liberty of thought and discussion: the danger of partiality and incompleteness. Since one's opinions, even under the best circumstances, tend to (ii)_____, and because opinions opposed to one's own rarely turn out to be completely (iii)_____, it is crucial to supplement one's opinions with alternative points of view.
| Blank(i) | Blank(ii) | Blank(iii) |
|---|---|---|
| A tendentiousness | D embrace only a portion of the truth | G erroneous |
| B complacency | E change over time | H antithetical |
| C fractiousness | F focus on matters close at hand | I immutable |