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The Doctrine of Recollection Timeline Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

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The Doctrine of Recollection is a philosophical concept that explores the idea of innate knowledge and learning through recollection. In connection to this topic, a timeline game can be a useful tool to help players remember and understand the chronological order of events.

  • Players must place events in their correct chronological order
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  • c. 380 BC: Plato introduces the Doctrine of Recollection in his dialogue Meno
  • c. 380 BC: Socrates discusses the Doctrine of Recollection with Meno
  • c. 380 BC: Socrates uses the Doctrine of Recollection to argue for the immortality of the soul
  • c. 360 BC: Plato further explores the Doctrine of Recollection in the Phaedo dialogue
  • c. 360 BC: The Doctrine of Recollection is a key component of Plato's theory of knowledge
  • c. 360 BC: Plato uses the Doctrine of Recollection to explain how we acquire knowledge of abstract concepts
  • c. 360 BC: The Doctrine of Recollection is central to the theory of Forms in Plato's philosophy
  • c. 350 BC: Aristotle critiques the Doctrine of Recollection in his work De Anima
  • c. 3rd century AD: The Doctrine of Recollection influences later Neoplatonic philosophers such as Plotinus
  • c. 5th century AD: St. Augustine incorporates elements of the Doctrine of Recollection into his Christian philosophy
  • c. 13th century AD: Medieval philosophers like St. Thomas Aquinas engage with the Doctrine of Recollection in their works
  • c. 15th century AD: Renaissance thinkers like Marsilio Ficino and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola revive interest in the Doctrine of Recollection
  • c. 17th century AD: Enlightenment philosophers like Descartes and Leibniz engage with the Doctrine of Recollection in their writings
  • ongoing: The Doctrine of Recollection continues to be a topic of debate and discussion in contemporary philosophy

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