
HoP 115 - Me, Myself and I - Augustine on Mind and Memory
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Trinity of Memory and the Will to Remember
In the Confessions, Augustine reaches a firm conclusion that is of great relevance to on the Trinity. In remembering his mind, he is doing nothing more nor less than getting access to himself. Memory then is starting to look like it may offer the Trinity we have been looking for. Since the remembered thing or image is within us, we can avoid the problem that arose in the case of seeing where one element was separate from the others.
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