Synonyms for tabula rasa

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tab-yuh-luh rah-suh, -zuh, rey-; Latin tah-boo-lah rah-sah

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæb yə lə ˈrɑ sə, -zə, ˈreɪ-; Latin ˈtɑ bʊˌlɑ ˈrɑ sɑ

Définition of tabula rasa

Origin : 1530s, "the mind in its primary state," from Latin tabula rasa, literally "scraped tablet," from which writing has been erased, thus ready to be written on again, from tabula (see table) + rasa, fem. past participle of radere "to scrape away, erase" (see raze). A loan-translation of Aristotle's pinakis agraphos, literally "unwritten tablet" ("De anima," 7.22).

noun blank slate

Example sentences :

Actually it is a tabula rasa, an empty slate, a blank paper.
Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik

These new problems can only be met and settled with a "tabula rasa."
Extract from : « The Real Jesus of the Four Gospels » by J. B. Atwater

In relation to knowledge of any kind, their mind was almost a tabula rasa.
Extract from : « Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation » by An American Citizen

His mind, owing to his lonely and isolated youth, is tabula rasa.
Extract from : « The Bright Messenger » by Algernon Blackwood

And that is the right spirit: to leave nothing but a tabula rasa for those that come after.
Extract from : « Alone » by Norman Douglas

They've made my head into a tabula rasa for the various restorers.
Extract from : « Miss Cayley's Adventures » by Grant Allen

The mind is a tabula rasa, upon which sense-impressions are inscribed.
Extract from : « A Critical History of Greek Philosophy » by W. T. Stace

But one might draw another inference from the tabula rasa theory.
Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Frank Luther Mott

In reality they made a tabula rasa of the existing organisation.
Extract from : « Russia » by Donald Mackenzie Wallace

In a word, Lewis had made for Jackson a sort of tabula rasa record on the subject of the tariff.
Extract from : « The Middle Period 1817-1858 » by John William Burgess

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