In Phaedo, Plato recalls Socrates' last hours of his life in a jail at Athens. The dialogue is told by his friend, Phaedo, who later told Echecrates [and later Plato ]. ... He argues his theory ofr immortality with three arguments, one of them being recollection. ... There must be some previous knowledge of absolute forms before being reminded of them by perception. ... Socrates' theory of recollection is not adequate for the idea that souls are immortal....

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the soul, that is, the human mind, before it is united with the body, is aquatinted with the intelligible world or the world of Forms. ... The theory of recollection is told through Plato in the Phaedo and the Meno. ... (Plato 80E) This theory of recollection may explain why we often say that we had certain knowledge before we leaned it or heard it for the first time. ... Hume shows how knowledge begins form the experiences we encounter through our five senses. ... (Cantor 12) Aristotle was one of Plato's students for over twenty years until Plato's death. ...

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Plato believes that an individual is human only to the extent that he resembles or participates in the Form "humanness." ... This is where Plato's theory of the Soul is established. ... A person can therefore suffer externally, and remain happy because there is harmony internally, in his soul ("Plato Theory of the Soul," online). ... Wisdom, Courage and Temperance are directly related to one's own self-control; Justice flows outward from this harmony, and is directed towards other people through acts of charity and kindness (Plato Theory of the Soul," online). ... This is...

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