Answer:
B. to show that Ivan Ilyich finally acknowledges that he is dying.
Explanation:
The purpose of this scene from Leon Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" in which he thinks about the known syllogism is <em>to show that Ivan Ilyich finally acknowledges that he is dying. </em>When Ivan Ilyich acknowledges he is dying, he resorts to the sylloiysm he learned from Kiesewetter's Logic. This logic is all very good for Caius and for but not for men in general but not for him. He thinks that he cannot be dying. He is desperate at the idea.
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