Editing Intuition (section)

====Ancient philosophy====
Early mentions and definitions of intuition can be traced back to [[Plato]]. In his ''[[Plato Republic|Republic]]'' he tries to define intuition as a fundamental capacity of human [[reason]] to comprehend the true nature of [[reality]].<ref name="Plato">{{cite web|last=Kemerling|first=Garth|date=12 November 2011|title=Plato: Education and the Value of Justice|url=http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/2h.htm|website=Philosophy Pages}}</ref> In his works ''[[Meno (Plato)|Meno]]'' and ''[[Phaedo (Plato)|Phaedo]]'', he describes intuition as a pre-existing knowledge residing in the "soul of eternity", and as a phenomenon by which one becomes conscious of pre-existing knowledge. He provides an example of mathematical truths, and posits that they are not arrived at by reason. He argues that these truths are accessed using a knowledge already present in a dormant form and accessible to our intuitive capacity. This concept by Plato is also sometimes referred to as [[Anamnesis (philosophy)|anamnesis]]. The study was later continued by his intellectual successors, the [[Neoplatonists]].<ref name="Meno">{{cite book|last1=Klein|first1=Jacob|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXI2lcrSsxIC|title=A Commentary on Plato's Meno|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1989|isbn=0-226-43959-3|location=Chicago|pages=103–127|access-date=22 December 2014}}</ref>