prerequisite

mastery
UK /pɹiːˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ US /pɹiˈɹɛkwəzət/nounadj

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What does 'prerequisite' mean in this context?

Only a full-scale analysis of the origin and development of our sensations and ideas can provide this knowledge; so Hartley's associationist psychology becomes the prerequisite for moral knowledge.