"Therefore I take the mind or soul of men to be so perfectly indifferent to receive all impressions, as a rasa tabula, or white paper, &c."

— Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)

Author

Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)

Work Title

Notes and annotations on Locke on the human understanding, written by order of the Queen; corresponding in section and page with the edition of 1793. By Thomas Morel

Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for G. Sael
Date
1794
Metaphor
"Therefore I take the mind or soul of men to be so perfectly indifferent to receive all impressions, as a rasa tabula, or white paper, &c."
Metaphor in Context
Therefore I take the mind or soul of men to be so perfectly indifferent to receive all impressions, as a rasa tabula, or white paper, &c.
(p. 14)
Categories
Writing::White Paper
Provenance
Searching "tabula rasa" in ECCO
Citation
See also Thoemmes reprint of 1991. ECCO: Morell, Thomas. Notes and annotations on Locke on the human understanding, written by order of the Queen; corresponding in section and page with the edition of 1793. By Thomas Morell, ... London, 1794. 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
10/14/2006

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.