tabula rasa

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The conceptual idea around this is that it’s growing out of something, as opposed to tabula rasa, a new building.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

Somewhere inside a tabula rasa passed off as an office space, a diligent worker is rewarded with a five-minute "dance experience."

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025

Each of these, Pythagoras to Euclid, could be counted as a tabula rasa.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

In the 17th century John Locke rejected this idea, insisting that the human mind begins as a tabula rasa, or blank slate, with almost all knowledge acquired through experience.

From Scientific American • Mar. 7, 2023

When I ordered him to approach tabula rasa, he invariably went to the right one.

From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar