What is the purpose of the scene in Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich in which Ivan Ilyich thinks about the following logical argument, known as a syllogism?

"Caius is a man, men are mortal, therefore Caius is mortal.”


A- to show that all men are mortal and therefore Ivan Ilyich, a man, must die
B-to show that Ivan Ilyich finally acknowledges that he is dying
C- to show that Ivan Ilyich’s attitude toward life has not prepared him to face death
D-to show that Ivan Ilyich has had a good education and therefore his thoughts are sophisticated