The author implies that, like scholars, successful leaders:
Explanation:
In the last paragraph, the author suggests "...the advantages of increased social cohesion are often so big that fictional stories routinely triumph over the truth in human history’ and that this is ‘why scholars often had to decide whether they served the truth or social harmony...".
This implies that scholars had to find balance between truth and social harmony.
Therefore, option (d) is correct.
It is not mentioned that scholars chose myth over truth, hence option (a) is eliminated.
No comparision of past and present is made in the passage, hence option (b) is eliminated.
Option (c) is far-fetched and hence can also be eliminated.
Hence, option (d).
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