Perception and Memory in Plato

The theme of perception in Plato has been a focus of contemporary researchers. This movement aims at bringing this theme back after centuries of abandonment to the detriment of Metaphysics, in Plato's central ideas of the Intelligible World, the Theory of Forms, and the Immortality of the Soul. This paper aims to evaluate the role that perception plays in reminiscence in Platonic texts, thus showing the unrestricted value of sensible knowledge for the learning process, manifested in the process of recollection.