We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recoll…

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We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection. ✨ Plato, Benjamin Jowett (2009). Five Great Dialogues of Plato: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, p.70, Coyote Canyon Press
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We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection. ✨ Plato, Benjamin Jowett (2009). Five Great Dialogues of Plato: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, p.70, Coyote Canyon Press

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