Abstract

Asia km Aristotle in the "regardless of memory and recall" in that there is a good memory is not the person is a good memory of the people, generally speaking, steady people who are good memory, and fast response, sensitive to the learning of people will have good memories of ability. Augustine that the memory by perceptual knowledge to rational received via sealed, but the role of memory will be in the same mental exercise of powers under it, can play a role, the fact that management wisdom is unable to calm knowledge of. Of St. Thomas Aquinas in terms of "memory" is one of human four kinds of inner senses, is the knowledge of things past experience capabilities. Every kind of human "feel" and the "perception" were assumed to cooperate with the memory, otherwise people may not have knowledge. About Thomas Aquinas on the memory point of view, this knowledge of people start the process, point out the memory and the "wise" relationships. The future is to take over the role of memory and the ability to detail regardless above, also include in the wizard In order memory abilities in the ownership of the soul, and the Department handled a total of "intellectual memory management" and intellectual distinction between management issues. End of the text and places the memory of contemporary scientific theories of control, that Thomas Aquinas memory theory, the rational application of human knowledge and qualifications detailed in the long fresh. In his work, On Memory and Reminiscence, Aristotle Pointed out that people are either bestowed with good memory or good reminiscence, while those who are mature and calm are generally good in memory, and those who have a quick mind are good in reminiscence. Aurelius Augustiunus believed that memory is first cognized by sensibility before it's received and sealed by rationality. But the function of memory can't be developed without being manipulated by the will of the same mind , and therefore memory is something that can't be cognized easily by intellect. For Thomas Aquinas memory is one of the four internal senses of human beings, that is, the capacity to cognize what happened in the past . Every sensation and perception of human beings is assumed to be in cooperation with memory, otherwise human beings would not have any cognition. Regarding Thomas Aquinas's ideas about memory, the writer will point out the relationship between memory and prudence by means of the process of cognition. Then we will discourse on the function and capacity of memory along with the distinction between intellectual memory and intellect. Finally this paper is to compare the theories on memory and the contemporary scientific scholarship so as to point out how elaborate and enduring Aquinas's theory about memory is as applied to the rational cognition of human beings