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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory

24115	There is no proof that we forget things - only that we can't recall [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: That forgetting exists has never yet been demonstrated, but only that many things do not occur to us when we want them to.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 12[1]123)
	A reaction: There is now quite a lot of evidence that there innumerable memories buried in that mind that we seem unable to directly recall. He is right that we can hardly demonstrate this negative fact.