Questions 13-15 refer to the following passage.

Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.

In writing this passage, the author most likely intended to

a. Explain the system of principles that guided the customs of an ancient group of people

b. Elaborate on a theoretical belief that is incongruous with other beliefs on a similar topic

c. Describe the fundamental ideology of a certain society

Transcribed Image Text:

According to scholars, the indigenous peoples of ancient Mesoamerica, specifically the (5) Nahuas, developed a rich and complex philoso- Line phy comprising four interrelated and overlapping branches of knowledge: metaphysics, episte- mology, theory of value, and aesthetics. At the core of their philosophy was teotl, which, rather than an immutable supernatural being like the Judaeo-Christian deity, was an ever-moving and (10) ever-changing, self-producing sacred power that animated the universe and its contents. It was responsible for all things in nature- animals, rocks, rain, and so on and permeated the details of everything. There was no distinc- (15) tion between teotl and the natural world; teotl was in every entity, and every entity was also teotl. Unlike Western philosophy, which fosters dichotomies such as the personal versus the impersonal, that of the Nahuas posited a sacred (20) power that was united with everything; it was both intrinsic and transcendent.