% BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from China-America Digital Academic Library (CADAL) / https://archive.org/details/aristotleonmemorOOsora Memorizing was recommended not only by Cicero (seated, right) for students of Rhetoric (whom he represents, and who is standing behind him), but also by Aristotle (seated, left) for students of Dialectic (standing behind him). Details from The Wisdom of Thomas Aquinas by Andrea da Firenze, Chapter House of Santa Maria Novella, Florence (Photo: Mansell-Alinari). ARISTOTLE ON MEMORY Richard Sorabji Brown University Press Providence First published in 1972 by Brown University Press Providence, Rhode Island 02912 © 1972 Richard Sorabji All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. International Standard Book Number: 0-87057-137-0 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-79966 Printed in Great Britain by Ebenezer Baylis and Son Ltd. The Trinity Press, Worcester, and London