Plato’s Theory of Human Cognition

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The eighty-fourth question of the first part of the Summa is in many ways a remarkable piece of writing. The entire exposition is terse and tightly ordered and displays doctrinal and structural elements which give it a unique importance.

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Henle, R.J. (1970). Plato’s Theory of Human Cognition. In: Saint Thomas and Platonism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3167-7_9

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