"Aristotle indeed affirms the Mind to be at first a meer Rasa tabula; and that these Notions are not ingenite, and imprinted by the finger of Nature, but by the latter and more languid impressions of sense; being onely the Reports of observation, and the Result of so many repeated Experiments."
— South, Robert (1634-1716)
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Date
November 9, 1662; 1663
Metaphor
"Aristotle indeed affirms the Mind to be at first a meer Rasa tabula; and that these Notions are not ingenite, and imprinted by the finger of Nature, but by the latter and more languid impressions of sense; being onely the Reports of observation, and the Result of so many repeated Experiments."
Metaphor in Context
1. For the Understanding Speculative. There are some general Maximes and Notions in the mind of Man, which are the rules of Discourse, and the basis of all Philosophy. As that the same thing cannot at the same time be, and not be. That the Whole is bigger then a Part. That two Proportions equal to a third, must also be equal to one another. Aristotle indeed affirms the Mind to be at first a meer Rasa tabula; and that these Notions are not ingenite, and imprinted by the finger of Nature, but by the latter and more languid impressions of sense; being onely the Reports of observation, and the Result of so many repeated Experiments.
But to this I answer two things. [...] (pp. 10-11)
But to this I answer two things. [...] (pp. 10-11)
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Citation
A Sermon Preached at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Novemb. 9, 1662 by Robert Smith. (London : Printed by J.G. for Tho. Robinson, 1663). <Link to EEBO-TCP>
Found again in Twelve Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions by Robert South (London: Printed by J.H. for Thomas Bennett, 1692), pp. 62-3. And searching ECCO in vol. I of Thirty six sermons and discourses, on several subjects and occasions. By Robert South.), 5th ed. (Dublin, 1720).
Found again in Twelve Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions by Robert South (London: Printed by J.H. for Thomas Bennett, 1692), pp. 62-3. And searching ECCO in vol. I of Thirty six sermons and discourses, on several subjects and occasions. By Robert South.), 5th ed. (Dublin, 1720).
Date of Entry
10/25/2013
