Five statements are given about academic disciplines and the human condition. Four of them form a coherent paragraph about John Stuart Mill’s view and the rise of specialization. From the given options, choose the statement that does NOT fit into this passage.

Introduction / Context:
This is another “odd sentence out” question in which you must identify which of the four given statements does not logically belong to a short passage. The passage is centred on John Stuart Mill’s view of economics and the modern trend towards specialization in academic disciplines. One sentence abruptly shifts to a different topic and therefore does not fit the passage’s theme.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Option A introduces John Stuart Mill and his belief that one cannot be a good economist by being “just an economist”.
• Option B notes that since his day, most academic disciplines have become highly specialized and mentions the collapse of theology.
• Option C continues that, after this collapse, no field aims to understand the human condition as a whole.
• Option D suddenly talks about the life insurance industry being destroyed by high and uncertain inflation.
• We assume the intended passage is about intellectual specialization, not about financial industries.

Concept / Approach:
Sentences A, B and C clearly share a theme: they discuss economics as a discipline, Mill’s broader humanistic criteria for a “good economist”, and the way modern disciplines have narrowed their focus. They move from one idea to the next logically: Mill's belief → later specialization → result that nobody studies the human condition as a whole. Sentence D, in contrast, jumps to the life insurance industry and the effect of inflation on it – a topic that could belong in a different passage about economic policy, but not in this one about intellectual specialization.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Link A, B and C in order:A: Introduces Mill and his idea that an economist should not be narrowly focused.B: Moves to the broader point that disciplines have become highly specialized since Mill’s time, especially after theology’s decline.C: Concludes that no field now aims to understand the human condition as a whole.These three sentences clearly form a logical mini-essay about the fragmentation of knowledge and the loss of a unified perspective on human life.Now examine D: “The life insurance industry has been destroyed by high and uncertain inflation as well.”This sentence talks about a specific economic sector and macroeconomic conditions (inflation), with no link to specialization or Mill’s philosophical concerns.It could appear in a separate passage about economic consequences of inflation, but here it breaks the flow.

Verification / Alternative check:
Reading A–B–C together, you get a coherent thought chain about what makes a good economist and how the modern academic environment contrasts with that ideal. Introducing D in this chain feels like a sudden, unrelated example of economic damage that does not support or extend the argument about specialization. If you remove D, the passage still makes complete sense; if you remove any of A, B, or C, the logical connection among the remaining sentences becomes weaker or incomplete.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Options A, B, and C are tightly knit: they talk about Mill, academic disciplines, specialization, theology, and the human condition. Each sentence naturally leads to the next. Removing any of them breaks the argument. Only D looks like an aside or intrusion from a different article on inflation and insurance; hence D is the odd one out.

Common Pitfalls:
Sometimes students attempt to force a connection (“inflation is an economic topic, so it must relate to economists”), but the passage is about the intellectual scope of disciplines, not about specific sectors of the economy. Do not confuse general subject labels (economics, inflation) with the exact line of reasoning in the passage.

Final Answer:
The sentence that does not fit the theme of academic specialization and Mill’s view is “The life insurance industry has been destroyed by high and uncertain inflation as well.”