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According to Socrates, the theory of recollection is that all knowledge is known from previous experience. His belief is that we already know everything and have known it since we were born, we simply recall these facts from memory when we re-learn them. It begins when Socrates seeks the true definition of virtue, and Meno wonders whether or not it is a trait that can be taught. Meno and Socrates have trouble getting to the root of the definition when Meno presents Socrates with a paradox. Meno asks Socrates, how can you search for something when you don’t know at all what the thing is? In such a situation how do you know even what to look for? Meno continues by saying that there is also no way to search for something that you already know, since you already have that knowledge. Socrates’ reply becomes known as the theory of recollection. Knowledge, he says, is innate, and what we call learning is really the recollection of facts once known but forgotten. To prove his......

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