ABSTRACT
Many schools of psychology and psychophysiology today accept that the sensory organs when activated produce percepts, which then remain in the mind as mental representations—visual, auditory, and so on. Aristotle in all his works gives great importance to the senses, to which he also devotes a separate book (Sense and Sensibilia). Regarding memory, he points to sense-perception (aesthesis) as the primary function, which through the formation of images constitutes the basis for thinking and for memory. Aristotle has commented on another interesting parameter necessary for memory to be produced—that of time. He believes that memory is not simply sense-perception, nor only cognitive-conception, but a function related to both after a lapse of time. In order for the process of memory to be completed, after imprinting and retention a third phase is necessary—that of recollection. Aristotle defines recollection as the activity by which one is reminded and recovers the knowledge, perceptions, and experiences that he had before.
