Single Idea 18452

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory]

Full Idea

Memory does not consist in preserving images. It is a faculty of reproducing the conceptions with which our soul has been occupied.

Gist of Idea

Memory is not conserved images, but reproduction of previous thought

Source

Porphyry (Launching Points to the Realm of the Mind [c.280], 5Enn6 25(2))

Book Reference

Porphyry: 'Launching Points to the Realm of the Mind', ed/tr. Guthrie,Kenneth [Phanes 1988], p.44