Which of the following statements is TRUE with respect to democracy?

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Before the eighteenth century, most Western philosophers and rulers were not friendly to the idea of rule by the many. It was only in the eighteenth century that democracy began to be widely discussed and practiced in western European nations. Option A is incorrect because it suggests that democracy was widely practiced by western European nations in the eighteenth-century, while it only began to be widely discussed and practiced in the eighteenth century. Option B is incorrect as it states that western European rulers believed that governing required little sophistication, which is not true. Option C is incorrect as it suggests that eighteenth-century European rulers accepted that government was the province of common citizens, which is not true.

Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE with Respect to Democracy