Read the passage. We consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff’s argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a badge of inferiority. If this be so, it is not by reason of anything found in the act, but solely because the colored race chooses to put that construction upon it. . . . The argument also assumes that social prejudices may be overcome by legislation, and that equal rights cannot be secured . . . except by an enforced commingling of the two races. . . . If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically. If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane.

–Majority opinion of the US Supreme Court,
Plessy v. Ferguson,
1896

Which statement best describes the US Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment in Plessy v. Ferguson?
A. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law; separation by race creates a condition of inequality and is not permissible.
B. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law; segregation laws are permissible as long as penalties for violating those laws do not differ based on race.
C. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law; segregation is legal, however, because African Americans are not citizens of the United States, so the Fourteenth Amendment does not apply.
D. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law; as long as equal facilities are provided, it is permissible for them to be segregated.

angle a = 40.6°

step-by-step explanation:

for any right angle triangle we know the pythagoras theorem reveals

hypotenuse² = height²+base²

by this formula we will calculate the length of hypotenuse

h² = 6²+7²

⇒ h =√36+49 = √85 = 9.22

now from the given triangle sin a = height/ hypotenuse

                                                sin a = 6/9.22 = 0.651

therefore

so angle a = 40.6°

from thales, who is often considered the first western philosopher, to the stoics and skeptics, ancient greek philosophy opened the doors to a particular way of thinking that provided the roots for the western intellectual tradition. here, there is often an explicit preference for the life of reason and rational thought. we find proto-scientific explanations of the natural world in the milesian thinkers, and we hear democritus posit atoms—indivisible and invisible units—as the basic stuff of all matter. with socrates comes a sustained inquiry into ethical matters—an orientation towards human living and the best life for human beings. with plato comes one of the most creative and flexible ways of doing philosophy, which some have since attempted to imitate by writing philosophical dialogues covering topics still of interest today in ethics, political thought, metaphysics, and epistemology. plato’s student, aristotle, was one of the most prolific of ancient authors. he wrote treatises on each of these topics, as well as on the investigation of the natural world, including the composition of animals. the hellenists—epicurus, the cynics, the stoics, and the skeptics—developed schools or movements devoted to distinct philosophical lifestyles, each with reason at its foundation.

with this preference for reason came a critique of traditional ways of living, believing, and thinking, which sometimes caused political trouble for the philosophers themselves. xenophanes directly challenged the traditional anthropomorphic depiction of the gods, and socrates was put to death for allegedly inventing new gods and not believing in the gods mandated by the city of athens. after the fall of alexander the great, and because of aristotle’s ties with alexander and his court, aristotle escaped the same fate as socrates by fleeing athens. epicurus, like xenophanes, claimed that the mass of people is impious, since the people conceive of the gods as little more than superhumans, even though human characteristics cannot appropriately be ascribed to the gods. in short, not only did ancient greek philosophy pave the way for the western intellectual tradition, including modern science, but it also shook cultural foundations in its own time.

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