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Jansy: Nabokov did not introduce "Phaedo" in any way, I don't think. If anything, Plato speaks of anamnesis in other dialogues, too. The way I see it, VN just said that in his opinion imagination is a form of memory; and since he was aware that his statement could be construed as an application of Plato's concept of anamnesis, he distanced himself from Plato by means of a pun.
Sergey Karpukhin
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Sergey Karpukhin: I think this refers to Plato's theory that knowledge/learning is a form of recollection (anamnesis), which in Phaedo (72 e) is part of a larger argument for the immortality of the soul. It could also be a play on the name of the Walt Disney dog, Pluto.
JM: A wonderful connection: Plato and "Phaedo."
What could have been Nabokov's intention by introducing "Phaedo," in this depreciatory way, while he'd been arguing about memory and imagination as "a negation of time"?
Mere wordplay ( &, in that case, both Pluto, Plato and Phaedo must be considered together)?
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Sergey Karpukhin: I think this refers to Plato's theory that knowledge/learning is a form of recollection (anamnesis), which in Phaedo (72 e) is part of a larger argument for the immortality of the soul. It could also be a play on the name of the Walt Disney dog, Pluto.
JM: A wonderful connection: Plato and "Phaedo."
What could have been Nabokov's intention by introducing "Phaedo," in this depreciatory way, while he'd been arguing about memory and imagination as "a negation of time"?
Mere wordplay ( &, in that case, both Pluto, Plato and Phaedo must be considered together)?
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