The mind of the hearer might very well be a tabula rasa, free from every prejudice, and like soft wax, susceptible of every impression; and with all this, not yield to truth itself, proposed in the manner it is every day proposed, under the appearance of falsehood."
— Batteaux, Charles (1713-1780)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for B. Law and Co. T. Caslon, J. Coote, S. Hooper, G. Kearsly, and A. Morley
Date
1761
Metaphor
The mind of the hearer might very well be a tabula rasa, free from every prejudice, and like soft wax, susceptible of every impression; and with all this, not yield to truth itself, proposed in the manner it is every day proposed, under the appearance of falsehood."
Metaphor in Context
The mind of the hearer might very well be a tabula rasa, free from every prejudice, and like soft wax, susceptible of every impression; and with all this, not yield to truth itself, pro- [end page 209] posed in the manner it is every day proposed, under the appearance of falsehood.
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Provenance
Searching "tabula rasa" in ECCO
Citation
French text dated 1747-1748. A Course of the Belles Lettres: or the Principles of Literature. Translated from the French of the Abbot Batteux, Professor of Rhetoric in the Royal College of Navarre, at Paris. By Mr. Miller. In Four Volumes. (London: Printed for B. Law and Co. T. Caslon, J. Coote, S. Hooper, G. Kearsly, and A. Morley, 1761). <Link to ESTC>
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Date of Entry
10/12/2006
