Which of the following identifies the first instance of 'views' in the sentence above?

The predicate of a sentence refers to the part that tells what the subject does or is. In this case, 'shall adopt new views as fast as they appear to be true views' is the predicate, while 'views' itself does not represent the action or state of being but rather the object of that action.

The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. In the sentence provided, 'I' is the subject that performs the action of adopting. Since 'views' is not the doer of the action but rather the recipient, it cannot be classified as the subject.

An indirect object is the noun or pronoun that indirectly receives the action of the verb, typically answering the question of to whom or for whom something is done. In this sentence, there is no indirect object present; 'views' directly receives the action of 'adopt,' making it inappropriate to label it as an indirect object.