is in no need of inquiry, nor again can
             he inquire about what he does not know, since he does not know what he is to inquire." (Plato 80E) This theory of
             recollection may explain why we often say that we had certain knowledge before we leaned it or heard it for the first
             time. It is often said that we are born with concepts and it is these concepts that structure our minds, beliefs, and
             "In his dialogue entitled the Meno, Plato illustrates how Socrates is able to show that even a young uneducated slave
             boy knows some truths of geometry not because somebody taught him that subject but because be naturally knows
             the relationship of various ideas to each other." (Stumpf 260) This quote illustrates how Socrates thought that the
             uneducated boy knew geometry. He recollected it from his soul. In the Meno, Socrates states that the boy is
             "recovering by oneself knowledge within oneself." (Plato 85D) Knowledge in the Meno is perceived as having an
             acquaintance with the object, but not k
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