He gave an example of a lover seeing a lyre which is used by the loved is then reminded of the loved at the sight of the lyre. In that way, says Socrates, are people reminded of things which they knew from before they were born. The example he first give to illustrate this point is about equality of things and how when we see equal thing we know not only that they are equal but we have knowledge of 'equal' itself. “But what of the equals themselves? Have they ever appeared unequal to you, or Equality to be Inequality?” (74c) He explained that there is a difference between objects being perceived equal in someway and the very concept of equality which is recollected from knowledge already
He gave an example of a lover seeing a lyre which is used by the loved is then reminded of the loved at the sight of the lyre. In that way, says Socrates, are people reminded of things which they knew from before they were born. The example he first give to illustrate this point is about equality of things and how when we see equal thing we know not only that they are equal but we have knowledge of 'equal' itself. “But what of the equals themselves? Have they ever appeared unequal to you, or Equality to be Inequality?” (74c) He explained that there is a difference between objects being perceived equal in someway and the very concept of equality which is recollected from knowledge already