Both authors argue that knowledge comes from within the learner and people are born with knowledge that they continue to develop. ... Plato's "The Meno," emphasizes the idea of learning as a process of recollecting knowledge through questioning and discovery. ... This story illustrates the imaginative and dangerous possibilities when people construct new knowledge based on prior knowledge. ... Similarly, the two works demonstrate the concept that knowledge comes from within the learner because we are essentially born with knowledge. ... Overall, both theories of knowledge are vital in c...

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The oppressor tries to dehumanize and control the oppressed while the oppressed can either become an oppressor themselves or realize this control and strive for liberation for both the oppressor and the oppressed through arduous methods of self discovery. ... They achieve this by relying on a hierarchical method that glorifies the knowledge of the teacher and the incompetence of the students. ...

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