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The argument concludes that medieval societies were less focused on making money than are modern ones. This is because medieval monastic authors (monks) embraced disciplined religious lifestyles.

The argument’s flaw is drawing from a biased sample to make a general claim. It infers a conclusion about medieval societies in general despite only appealing to writings from monks. This group is likely to be unrepresentative of society as a whole because monks were probably more accepting of ascetic lifestyles than were the rest of people in their societies.

The term “ascetic” just refers to a disciplined religious lifestyle, so there’s nothing imprecise about how the argument uses it.

This points out the problem in using monks’ writings as support for the claim that medieval societies in general were less concerned with money. Other members of medieval society may have been more concerned with money than monks were.

This would describe an argument that unfairly uses a modern standard to judge medieval people. The argument doesn’t do this; it simply draws a comparison between medieval and modern societies regarding how much each society cared about monetary gain.

The author draws on written evidence revealing acceptance of ascetic lifestyles, not on personal opinions.

This would describe an argument that cites evidence that contradicts itself, but there’s nothing contradictory about the monastic writings about ascetic lifestyles.

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