"That the mind of man, previous to the information of the senses, is a tabula rasa, a blank, without ideas, without knowledge, is a doctrine too well supported by this great master of reason to suffer a shock."
— Baker, William (1742-1785)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. Peach
Date
1770
Metaphor
"That the mind of man, previous to the information of the senses, is a tabula rasa, a blank, without ideas, without knowledge, is a doctrine too well supported by this great master of reason to suffer a shock."
Metaphor in Context
That the mind of man, previous to the information of the senses, is a tabula rasa, a blank, without ideas, without knowledge, is a doctrine too well supported by this great master of reason to suffer a shock. It has been, notwithstanding, attacked with arguments drawn from professor Saunderson, who excelled in the mathematics, and was acquainted with the properties of cones, cylinders, squares, circles, &c. though blind from a year old.
(p. 135n)
(p. 135n)
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Provenance
Searching "tabula rasa" in ECCO
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1770).
Peregrinations of the Mind Through the Most General and Interesting Subjects, Which Are Usually Agitated in Life. By the Rationalist. (London: Printed for G. Pearch, Numb. 12, in Cheapside, 1770). <Link to ESTC>
Peregrinations of the Mind Through the Most General and Interesting Subjects, Which Are Usually Agitated in Life. By the Rationalist. (London: Printed for G. Pearch, Numb. 12, in Cheapside, 1770). <Link to ESTC>
Theme
Blank Slate; Lockean Philosophy
Date of Entry
10/13/2006
