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Date: 1727

"The first Attempt in this Philosophy is, to Clear the Mind of any Innate Ideas or Principles, and to make it a Rasa Tabula, or to Resemble a Piece of Blank Paper, without any Original Characters, or Inscriptions, Engraved upon it;"

— Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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Date: 1727

"For, Moreover, if the Mind was a mere Rasa Tabula, if it was only a Plain Piece of Paper to Write on, what Difference could there Possibly be in Fact in One Man's Understanding, and Another's?"

— Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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Date: 1727

"The Characters Engraven on each, would be much the same, Deriv'd from those Sensations, which are Common to all; since according to this Philosophy, what is Originally Writ upon our Minds, is from our Conversation with External Objects, and then Reflecting upon the Operations of the Faculties an...

— Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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Date: 1727

If "the Ground-work of all was nothing else that a Rasa Tabula and the Pencils Employed to Embellish it, were no other than our Senses, which are the same in most, and the Paintings and Portraitures made upon it, the [end page 602] Constant and Unvaried Objects of Nature, and Ideot, according to ...

— Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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Date: 1727

If "the Ground-work of all was nothing else that a Rasa Tabula and the Pencils Employed to Embellish it, were no other than our Senses, which are the same in most, and the Paintings and Portraitures made upon it, the [end page 602] Constant and Unvaried Objects of Nature, and Ideot, according to ...

— Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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Date: 1727

"Lastly, Supposing the Mind was not an Immaterial Substance, Grant it to be a Material one, if it has yet any Peculiar nature or Constitution of it's own, it could not be a Rasa Tabula, upon which any Thing might be Imprinted; This Paper, for Instance, on which I Write, is Susceptible of those Ch...

— Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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Date: 1727

"But be our Minds Rasae Tabulae, or not, it will be the part of Wise Men to inculcate and Impress upon them, when they are Young and Tender, the most Noble Sentiments, of which they are Capable."

— Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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Date: 1727

And "therefore, if the Present Philosophy is of this Opinion, that the Mind is a Rasa Tabula, a Perfectly Unactive and Unintelligent Being in it's self, and in it's own Nature, it it only Perceives, as Impulses are made on it, in like Manner, as this paper Received no Characters, but what are Wri...

— Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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Date: 1727

"all that Enumeration of Ideas in the World, and the Sensations, which are said to be the Cause of them, will not be Sufficient to Prove, that the Mind is nothing else, that a Rasa Tabula, or a Piece of Blank Paper, good for little, but to Write on"

— Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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Date: 1727

"All which Ideas of Reflection, do as fully Evince the Mind not to be a Rasa Tabula, as it is Suppos'd the Ideas of Sensation do Prove it is one."

— Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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