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In Plato's theory of epistemology, anamnesis (/ ˌ æ n æ m ˈ n iː s ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: ἀνάμνησις) refers to the recollection of innate knowledge acquired before birth. The concept posits the claim that learning involves the act of rediscovering knowledge from within oneself.
For, as stated in the Phaedo: "the philosopher more than other men frees the soul from association with the body as much as possible". Body and soul are separate, then. The philosopher frees himself from the body because the body is an impediment to the attainment of truth. [8] Of the senses' failings, Socrates says to Simmias in the Phaedo:
In philosophy and specifically metaphysics, the theory of Forms, theory of Ideas, [1] [2] [3] Platonic idealism, or Platonic realism is a theory widely credited to the Classical Greek philosopher Plato. The theory suggests that the physical world is not as real or true as "Forms".
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 229 (P. Oxy. 229 or P. Oxy. II 229) is a fragment of the Phaedo, a dialogue by Plato, written in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a roll. It is dated to the second or third century. Currently it is housed in the British Library (Department of Manuscripts, 786) in ...
The theory of the forms is most clearly described in the Phaedo, better so than even in the Republic. --P Funk 15:36, 17 July 2006 (UTC) Actually, Plato's Meno also gives an adequete description of the theory of the forms. The theory of the soul is not a secondary argument or extension but a neccessary rendition to further Platonic metaphysics ...
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An early philosophical use of what might be considered a notion of a priori knowledge (though not called by that name) is Plato's theory of recollection, related in the dialogue Meno, according to which something like a priori knowledge is knowledge inherent, intrinsic in the human mind. [citation needed]
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