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This article aims at receiving the Platonic theory of reminiscence in Augustine and aims to present how the bishop of Hippo appropriates Plato's thesis to build his theory of enlightenment. From the fundamental texts of Plato's theory of knowledge there is a discussion about the validity or otherwise of the so-called reminiscence and what would be its true content. Augustine, centuries later, is faced with the same problem explored by him and needs a different answer: to explain knowledge present in the soul that does not originate from experience and yet does not come from the preexistence of the soul. We shall therefore approach Augustine's movement of reception, criticism, and appropriation of Platonic theory, as well as the Augustinian answer to the problem to which Plato, according to him, does not respond satisfactorily.

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  • This article aims at receiving the Platonic theory of reminiscence in Augustine and aims to present how the bishop of Hippo appropriates Plato's thesis to build his theory of illumination

  • From the fundamental texts of Plato's theory of knowledge there is a discussion about the validity or otherwise of the so­called reminiscence and what would be its true content

  • Centuries later, is faced with the same problem explored by him and needs a different answer: to explain knowledge present in the soul that does not originate from experience and yet does not come from the preexistence of the soul

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This article aims at receiving the Platonic theory of reminiscence in Augustine and aims to present how the bishop of Hippo appropriates Plato's thesis to build his theory of illumination. Entretanto, existem diferenças fundamentais que marcam as duas teorias: embora ambas busquem responder à questão da presença da verdade na alma e das condições para o seu conhecimento, ou melhor, reconhecimento, Agostinho não aceitaria a resposta platônica por, segundo ele, confundir a memória do passado com a memória do presente.

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