"Lest any understand what I have said a few Pages hence as if I wholly denied common Innate Principles, observe, That it is only actual Connate Knowledge that I deny, and in respect to which I say that the Soul is rasa tabula; but I confess a Natural Passive power for the knowing of them and a greater Disposition, or Aptitude in the Intellect to understand them, than Conclusions drawn from them; and so that an Infant also may have a Sanctified Intellect, by such Aptitude and Disposition"

— Baxter, Richard (1615-1691)

Author

Baxter, Richard (1615-1691)

Work Title

The practical works of the late reverend and pious Mr. Richard Baxter, in four volumes. With a preface; giving some account of the author, and of this edition ... Together with alphabetical tables to each volume.

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Thomas Parkhurst; Jonathan Robinson, and John Lawrence
Date
1707
Metaphor
"Lest any understand what I have said a few Pages hence as if I wholly denied common Innate Principles, observe, That it is only actual Connate Knowledge that I deny, and in respect to which I say that the Soul is rasa tabula; but I confess a Natural Passive power for the knowing of them and a greater Disposition, or Aptitude in the Intellect to understand them, than Conclusions drawn from them; and so that an Infant also may have a Sanctified Intellect, by such Aptitude and Disposition"
Metaphor in Context
Lest any understand what I have said a few Pages hence as if I wholly denied common Innate Principles, observe, That it is only actual Connate Knowledge that I deny, and in respect to which I say that the Soul is rasa tabula; but I confess a Natural Passive power for the knowing of them and a greater Disposition, or Aptitude in the Intellect to understand them, than Conclusions drawn from them; and so that an Infant also may have a Sanctified Intellect, by such Aptitude and Disposition. But I think not that ever these would be acted (in an ordinary natural way) without the help of some sense.
(p. 226)
Categories
Writing::Tabula Rasa
Provenance
Searching "tabula rasa" in ECCO
Citation
Baxter, Richard. The practical works of the late reverend and pious Mr. Richard Baxter, in four volumes. With a preface; giving some account of the author, and of this edition ... Together with alphabetical tables to each volume. Vol. 2. London, 1707. 4 vols. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO
Theme
Blank Slate
Date of Entry
10/09/2006

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.