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Those who see recollection as an act engaged in only by philosophers maintain that their concept differs from the empirically grounded concept of the non-recollector, the occupant apparently of at least two of the other three stages of Line.
Plato's Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology Silverman, Allan 2008
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So one role we play for each other is recollector.
summary. dudemanflab 2007
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The "first" from which a recollector begins his search, however, is sometimes a time that is known and sometimes a thing that is known.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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The "first" from which a recollector begins his search, however, is sometimes a time that is known and sometimes a thing that is known.
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Nor would he avail himself of the services of a privately employed nomenclator, that arch-recollector of people's names; Caesar would be his own nomenclator, never forget a face or the name associated with it.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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All of you psychologists know that scent is the most prominent recollector of the pastand this chap had been a very generous suitor, and had spent lavishly upon her,, and had given her an umbrella, a presentation umbrella, one of those umbrellas with a silver handle-real silver -- one of those umbrellas which can be recovered a great many times-and Nellie was Scotch.
The Art of Listening 1932
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_gratitude_, treating a recollector like a debtor.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819
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"After dinner," relates the random recollector, "the poet insisted upon putting his feet on the table, tilting back his chair more Americano.
Ponkapog Papers. 1904
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"After dinner," relates the random recollector, "the poet insisted upon putting his feet on the table, tilting back his chair
Ponkapog Papers Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871
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