"It is a kind of annihilation to have our minds made a tabula rasa, and to date our existence from a new period."
— Jortin, John (1698-1770)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Tho. Wotton
Date
1731-2
Metaphor
"It is a kind of annihilation to have our minds made a tabula rasa, and to date our existence from a new period."
Metaphor in Context
Every man naturally desires not only to be removed hereafter into a happier state, but to carry his consciousness along with him, and to know his change from worse to better. It is a melancholly consideration for a man to think that when he dies all his thoughts perish, and he shall know and remember himself no more. It is a kind of annihilation to have our minds made a tabula rasa, and to date our existence from a new period. I cannot help pitying the souls in Virgil who are led to the Lethe, to drink, and forget themselves for ever.
(vol. i, p. 24)
(vol. i, p. 24)
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Provenance
Searching "tabula rasa" in ECCO
Citation
Jortin, John. Miscellaneous observations upon authors, ancient and modern. Vol. 1. London, 1731-32. 2 vols. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.
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Date of Entry
10/09/2006
