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and preserves a memory of that thing, that he does not, at the time when he remembers, know that very thing which he remembers?” I seem to be pretty long winded; but I merely want to ask if a man who has learned a thing does not know it when he remembers it.Theaetetus
Of course he does, Socrates; for what you suggest would be monstrous.Socrates
Am I crazy, then? Look here. Do you not say that seeing is perceiving and that sight is perception?Theaetetus
I do.Socrates
Then, according to what we have just said, the man who has seen a thing has acquired knowledge
Of course he does, Socrates; for what you suggest would be monstrous.Socrates
Am I crazy, then? Look here. Do you not say that seeing is perceiving and that sight is perception?Theaetetus
I do.Socrates
Then, according to what we have just said, the man who has seen a thing has acquired knowledge
