"ANAMNESIS"

Anamnesis is a concept in Plato's epistemological and psychological  theory that he develops in his dialogues Meno and Phaedo, and alludes to in his Phaedrus. 

It is the idea that humans possess knowledge from past incarnations and that learning consists of rediscovering that knowledge within us. 

in Phaedo Plato presents a way of living that would enable one to overcome the misleading nature of the body through katharsis ( “cleansing” (from guilt or defilement), “purification”). The body and its senses are the source of error; knowledge can only be regained through the use of our reason, contemplating things with the soul (noesis).

"anamnesis"
MEMENTO MORI skull series
2016