Date: 1714
Each "mind [is] like a little divinity in its own realm."
preview | full record— Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716)
Date: 1785
"Rules for rendering the Mind a tabula rasa, on which the hand of Nature is to write by observation and experiments: and for expelling the prejudices, which have retarded the progress of the useful Sciences and Arts."
preview | full record— Bruce, John (1745-1826)