Plotinus on perceptual memory

Lautner, Péter (2024) Plotinus on perceptual memory. ACTA ANTIQUA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 64 (1). pp. 31-51. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

The paper has a dual purpose, one historical and one theoretical. It aims to show, first, that Plotinus' notion of perceptual memory heavily draws on Stoic views insofar as both regard memory as a linguistic phenomenon. Furthermore, it aims to answer two questions, both are intimately connected to the Plotinian thesis of the impassibility of the soul. How could it happen that a present tense perceptual judgment changes into a past tense memory judgment and what explains that our judgments on perceived objects change, and occasionally fade, over time, that is, how can we remember in a way different from sense-perception?

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