Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Herodotus, Plato and DH Mellor / A Oliver
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / b. Recollection doctrine
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Seeking and learning are just recollection [Plato]
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The slave boy learns geometry from questioning, not teaching, so it is recollection [Plato]
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People are obviously recollecting when they react to a geometrical diagram [Plato]
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If we feel the inadequacy of a resemblance, we must recollect the original [Plato]
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The soul gets its goodness from god, and its evil from previous existence. [Plato]
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 6. A Priori from Reason
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To achieve pure knowledge, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things with the soul [Plato]
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
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Perception is infallible, suggesting that it is knowledge [Plato]
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Our senses could have been separate, but they converge on one mind [Plato]
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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
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With what physical faculty do we perceive pairs of opposed abstract qualities? [Plato]
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You might mistake eleven for twelve in your senses, but not in your mind [Plato]
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A soul without understanding is ugly [Plato]
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If theory and practice conflict, the best part of the mind accepts theory, so the other part is of lower grade [Plato]
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Thought must grasp being itself before truth becomes possible [Plato]
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True knowledge is of the reality behind sense experience [Plato]
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Only bird-brained people think astronomy is entirely a matter of evidence [Plato]
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