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Date: 360-355 B.C.
"Imagine, then, for the sake of argument, that our minds contain a block of wax, which in this or that individual may be larger or smaller, and composed of wax that is comparatively pure or muddy, and harder in some, softer in others, and sometimes of just the right consistency."
preview | full record— Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
Date: 360-355 B.C.
"When we are babies we must suppose this receptacle empty, and take the birds to stand for pieces of knowledge."
preview | full record— Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
