Recollection and Experience

This Book Is Concerned Chiefly With Theories About Learning In The History Of Philosophy Especially Ancient Philosophy. One Of The Main Questions Is: Does Our Knowledge Arise Just Out Of Experience Or Do We Have Some Innate Knowledge As Well? The Book Is Original In Comparing Different Theories Over A Wide Period In A Way That Should Be Accessible To Students Of Philosophy And Classics As Well As Professionals. It Also Has A Section On Seventeenth-Century Discussions Of Innate Knowledge And Their Relation To Ancient Thought.