Plato wrote that humanity could only know the 'real' world in the form of memories; by what he termed anamnesis, meaning the recovery of buried memories, both individual and collective. From Wordnik.com. [Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: The Need to Build a New Model] Reference
The word anamnesis, then, gives us almost everything we need to know about the significance of this section to the book as a whole, to the ending, and to the Iron Council itself. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-01] Reference
It is my understanding that "anamnesis" means something more like "making present" than quite what we mean by remembrance. From Wordnik.com. [Stand Firm] Reference
Plato's anamnesis solution sees inquiry as a kind of deep memory recall. From Wordnik.com. [Disbelief] Reference
Socrates does not elaborate the anamnesis claim as much as we would like. From Wordnik.com. [Disbelief] Reference
Every Divine Liturgy is both an anamnesis of the past and an anticipation of the Kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [Homily by the Ecumenical Patriarch (Must Read)] Reference
But the fact that he develops the theory of anamnesis, a central Platonic doctrine, in answer to it suggests that this contempt is a debater's ploy. From Wordnik.com. [Large Questions] Reference
A kind of platonic anamnesis, or reminiscence of former existence, it attempts to create and sustain a communal cultural memory in potentially hostile circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [National Demons: Robert Burns, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the Folk in the Forest] Reference
The anamnesis section of the book is a minor masterpiece, a story that is emotionally affecting, philosophically interesting, well written, inventive, and gripping. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-01] Reference
Mulla Sadra inherited a variety of theories ranging from Platonic recollection (anamnesis) and division to Peripatetic syllogistics, definitions and axiomatic science. From Wordnik.com. [Mulla Sadra] Reference
When I hear 60's era Dylan or Country Joe McDonald or Slick and Balin wailing "Volunteers," a glimmer of anamnesis makes it possible to re-experience the feelings of my youth. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Blows Wherever It Wants] Reference
The anamnesis is that of both Judah Low, the protagonist of this section of the book, and of all New Crobuzon itself, which is one reason the governing powers in the city will stop at nothing to destroy the Iron Council -- they understand its symbolism. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-01] Reference
The phone was my anamnesis, in which I knew if I answered directly or if it was handed to me directly, my undivided attention was on demand and it felt either like I produce for these people or they would deny me the profit that was supposed to make my life whole. From Wordnik.com. [What you miss "the least" while living in Mexico?] Reference
The various meanings anamnesis has accrued over the centuries often suggest memories that lead to later inspiration, a kind of ethical pre-learning, the basic knowledge or experience known to the subconscious either personal or collective that motivates someone to commit ethical actions. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-01] Reference
Hall discusses that the fathers saw the meal as thanksgiving (eucharistic) and a gift and a memorial (anamnesis). From Wordnik.com. [Jesus Creed] Reference
These were revealed to men in a former state of existence, and are recovered by reminiscence (anamnesis) or association from sensible things. From Wordnik.com. [Meno] Reference
Further anamnesis prompted by the spread of the lesions during hospitalization revealed that the patient had been receiving ceftriaxone for several days. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
Namely on that day exhibits of the Egypt Museum as well as a papyrus collection and pieces of the Museum of anamnesis and early history will be displayed. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Psychoanalysis has confirmed this suspicion in all cases of inversion accessible, and has decidedly changed their anamnesis by filling up the infantile amnesias. From Wordnik.com. [Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex] Reference
The anamnesis of the Ideas is chiefly insisted upon in the mythical portions of the dialogues, and really occupies a very small space in the entire works of Plato. From Wordnik.com. [Parmenides] Reference
I know well that the reading of anamnesis (the word translated as "memory" in both 1 Corinthians 11 and Luke 22: 19) actually recalls divisions amongst Christians. From Wordnik.com. [America Magazine - America Connects] Reference
In fact we really found only 6 out of 58 cases of pure allopsychic delusions, which could be safely taken as showing so much coincidence between anamnesis and delusions that a correlation could be risked. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Abnormal Psychology] Reference
As I am not an expert in Polish politics, the history of Polish resettlement in the country's new territories, or the putative phenomenon of cultural-historical anamnesis, I welcome all tentative explanations for this phenomenon. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com Top Blogs] Reference
Before carrying out treatment with preparations, a profound study of somatic and gynecologic anamnesis in view of contra-indications to hormonal therapy, mammography and bio-chemical examination, ultrasound of organs of the small pelvis on the 5-7th days of the menstrual cycle are made. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science]
“recollection” (anamnesis, 249c1), that process described at length and (for the most part) poetically in the dialogue's “palinode,” by which the knowledge latent in the soul is brought out through question and answer (274d-275b). From Wordnik.com. [Plato on Rhetoric and Poetry] Reference
January 8, 2009 2:35 PM anamnesis said. From Wordnik.com. [Sticky Fingers and Sticky Issues: Thefts, Failures, Recalls, and Judgments] Reference
11:33 pm: memorial and anamnesis - 14 circumlocutions. From Wordnik.com. [August 2007] Reference
Add added anamnesis or RAM to your laptop. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
(Method of anamnesis: quick and efficient?). From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
It seems to be a continuation of the anamnesis. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
Memorial and anamnesis. From Wordnik.com. [memorial and anamnesis] Reference
Depilate unhair exlex ....... outlaw anamnesis reminiscence. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2] Reference
#followmonday Beyonce Lady Gaga #MusicMonday Grammy Awards Grammy's naomitobing Watching Grammy Awards while doing anamnesis. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
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