tabula-rasa
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1525–35; < Latin tabula rāsa scraped tablet, clean slate
1525–35; < Latin tabula rāsa scraped tablet, clean slate
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| —n , pl tabulae rasae | |
| 1. | (esp in the philosophy of Locke) the mind in its uninformed original state |
| 2. | an opportunity for a fresh start; clean slate |
| [Latin: a scraped tablet (one from which the writing has been erased)] | |
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tabula rasa
1535, "the mind in its primary state," from L., lit. "scraped tablet," from which writing has been erased, thus ready to be written on again, from tabula (see table) + rasa, fem. pp. of radere "to scrape away, erase" (see raze). A loan-translation
of Aristotle's pinakis agraphos, lit. "unwritten tablet" ("De anima," 7.22).
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