LSAT Question Explanation
PT 105, Section 4, Question 1
Most Strongly SupportedExplanation
It seems like the author is giving evidence that in fact Newton was not acknowledging indebtedness towards Hooke or his other contemporaries with his remarks. It may have been more likely that Newton was saying that he was influenced by the ancient Greeks.
Answer choices
This is supported by two things from the second half of the stimulus. First, Newton wasn't known for acknowledging other people who's work aided him. Second, based on his time period it would have been more likely that referring to "giants" was a nod to the ancient Greeks, not one of Newton's contemporaries like Hooke.
Hooke claimed that Newton based some theories on Hooke's work, but we don't know if Newton took credit for Hooke's work.
The stimulus never talks about if Newton thought that the ancient Greeks had influenced Hooke's work.
This is probably not true. The stimulus says that Newton generally didn't acknowledge indebtedness, and in his time it would have been more likely that he was referring to the ancient Greeks when he said "giants."
We don't know if this is true. If anything I'd say it's probably not true, since Hooke and Newton were colleagues.