"And, as the Mind cannot long continue a Tabula rasa, a meer Blank, but some Images will be impress'd upon it, we ought therefore to form good Habits and Propensities to Virtue."
— Anonymous
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for M. Cooper
Date
1744
Metaphor
"And, as the Mind cannot long continue a Tabula rasa, a meer Blank, but some Images will be impress'd upon it, we ought therefore to form good Habits and Propensities to Virtue."
Metaphor in Context
[...] And, unless the Mind be timeously prepar'd for wholesome Instruction by previous Culture, unless good Dispositions are form'd and nourished in their docile Years, we shall find all the Instructions we give them hereafter will avail but little. This will, indeed, be like sowing good Seed among Thorns, or uncultivated Ground; where, if it should take Root, it is presently choak'd by the opposite illiberate Temperature. And, as the Mind cannot long continue a Tabula rasa, a meer Blank, but some Images will be impress'd upon it, we ought therefore to form good Habits and Propensities to Virtue. As under this Head, no- [end page 16] thing better can be said, give me Leave to quote Mr. Locke's own Words.
(pp. 16-7)
(pp. 16-7)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "tabula rasa" in ECCO
Citation
The common errors in the education of children, and their consequences. London, 1744. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO
Theme
Blank Slate; Lockean Philosophy
Date of Entry
10/10/2006
