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On Memory and Recollection by Aristotle

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Recalling the Desired Experience

Recollection differs from relearning in that there can be a sort of self-movement, back to that which follows upon the original experience. When this is not done, but the recollection is prompted by another person, then it is no longer memory. Memory is the possession of an experience potentially revivable. This process is affected, as was said above, in such way that it comes from the person's own effort, and from the movements in his power.

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