Thought assists memory in enabling it to order the material it has assembled. So that in a systematically ordered memory every idea is individually followed by all conclusions it entails.

Jan Potocki
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When we can remember and recall things, we usually do so with the help of our memory. However, there is a difference between remembering and remembering things. If we remember a fact, we remember that fact as something that happened to us or as an event that was part of our day. These are called episodic memories.

We also may experience something as something that has happened to us, as a fiction, as a movie, etc. These are called semantic memory. This distinction is more than just semantics; it is actually more profound than that.

When we can recall and form episodic memories we tend to make better decisions and make connections between the facts we know and the facts we don’t know. But when we can recall and form semantic memories we tend to make better decisions and make connections between the facts which are important for understanding our life events.

Source: The Manuscript Found In Saragossa

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