"Her mind, to borrow Mr. Locke's figure, was a mere tabula rasa, a blank as to every thing beyond mortality"
— Author Unknown
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. Kearsley
Date
1788
Metaphor
"Her mind, to borrow Mr. Locke's figure, was a mere tabula rasa, a blank as to every thing beyond mortality"
Metaphor in Context
The subject of these anecdotes was among the too many eminent instances of this. Settled principles she had none. Not that her deficiency arose so much from viciousness, as from ignorance. Her mind, to borrow Mr. Locke's figure, was a mere tabula rasa, a blank as to every thing beyond mortality. All with her centered in self and sensation. Her ruling passion was displayed in the acquirement of any species of property, the possession of which gratified vanity. This she hoarded with the gripe of a miser, or dissipated with the profusion of a spendthrift, when flattered by knavery or artifice into a mood of extravagance. [...]
(pp. 16-7)
(pp. 16-7)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "tabula rasa" in ECCO
Citation
At least 4 entries in the ESTC (1788, 1790).
See An Authentic Detail of Particulars Relative to the Late Duchess of Kingston. A new edition. (London: Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson’s Head, No. 46, Fleet Street, 1788). <Link to ESTC>
See An Authentic Detail of Particulars Relative to the Late Duchess of Kingston. A new edition. (London: Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson’s Head, No. 46, Fleet Street, 1788). <Link to ESTC>
Theme
Blank Slate; Lockean Philosophy
Date of Entry
10/13/2006
