Influenced by Socrates, Plato was persuaded to believe that knowledge was achieved through a recollection process of previously known facts that we had forgotten. According to Plato, we already know everything and have known it since we were born. However, with time and other experiences, we have forgotten we knew them and when we re-learn them, it is just a matter of remembering what we already knew. Plato was also convinced that two components made up the characteristics of recollection and knowledge. Firstly, recollection should be truthful and infallible. Secondly, recollection through previously gained knowledge must have as its objective what in reality is true, in contrast with what alone is a mere appe