Philosopher Hannah Arendt argued that political action requires public spaces where citizens can appear before one another and engage in deliberation. The decline of such spaces in modern mass societies, she suggested, threatens the very possibility of meaningful political life. ______ , Arendt did not advocate a return to ancient civic forms; instead, she insisted that new public spaces would have to be invented for new conditions.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
- A
Indeed
- Bcheck_circle
That said
- C
Furthermore
- D
Consequently
Explanation
The second sentence qualifies what might be inferred from the first—that Arendt was a nostalgic. "That said" signals such qualification. The others do not capture this self-correction.