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Who renewed the Platonic argument against poetry in the Christian Middle Ages?
- A Tertullian, Augustine, and Jerome
- B Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato
- C Dante, Chaucer, and Shakespeare
- D Homer, Virgil, and Ovid
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Church Fathers such as Tertullian, Augustine, and Jerome revived the Platonic argument against poetry during the Christian Middle Ages. They echoed Plato’s concerns about the potential dangers of poetic inspiration, reinforcing the notion that literature, particularly poetry, could have harmful effects.
