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PROTARCHUS: Most true. SOCRATES: Then now we know the meaning of the word? PROTARCHUS: Yes. SOCRATES: And memory may, I think, be rightly described as the preservation of consciousness? PROTARCHUS: Right. SOCRATES: But do we not distinguish memory from recollection? PROTARCHUS: I think so. SOCRATES: And do we not mean by recollection the power which the soul has of recovering, when by herself, some feeling which she experienced when in company with the body? PROTARCHUS: Certainly. SOCRATES: And when she recovers of herself the lost recollection of some consciousness or knowledge, the recovery is termed recollection and reminiscence? PROTARCHUS: Very true. SOCRATES: There is a reason why I say all this. PROTARCHUS: What is it? SOCRATES: I want to attain the plainest possible notion of pleasure and desire, as they exist in the mind only, apart from the body; and the previous analysis helps to show the nature of both. PROTARCHUS: Then now, Socrates, let us proceed to the next point. SOCRATES: There are certainly many things to be considered in discussing the generation and whole complexion of pleasure. At the outset we must determine the nature and seat of desire. PROTARCHUS: Ay; let us enquire into that, for we shall lose nothing. SOCRATES: Nay, Protarchus, we shall surely lose the puzzle if we find the answer. PROTARCHUS: A fair retort; but let us proceed. SOCRATES: Did we not place hunger, thirst, and the like, in the class of desires? PROTARCHUS: Certainly. SOCRATES: And yet they are very different; what common nature have 894