An Historical Sketch of the Conceptions of Memory among the Ancients

** "An Historical Sketch of the Conceptions of Memory among the Ancients" by William Henry Burnham is a journey through the minds of ancient philosophers, exploring how they understood memory from before Aristotle to the early days of Christianity. Originally written as a Ph.D. thesis in 1888, the book explores the ideas of thinkers like Plato, with his focus on innate knowledge, to Aristotle, who looked at memory from a biological view, and others like the Stoics and St. Augustine. The author looks at different theories, considers the memory tricks used by Roman speakers, and even touches on what the ancients thought about memory problems; ultimately offering a detailed view of how important memory was considered to be for knowledge, how we see the world, and even our souls. **