tabula rasa
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If the brain started as a true tabula rasa, with no built-in connections, neurons would first need to locate and connect with one another.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
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
Her desire for a global tabula rasa outstrips that of even the most fanatical Red Guards, who still dominate her mental landscape.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
Each of these, Pythagoras to Euclid, could be counted as a tabula rasa.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
According to this the soul when created is a tabula rasa, but having certain capacities inherent in it in consequence of the nature of its Creator.
From Dante: His Times and His Work by Butler, Arthur John
