tabula rasa

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This idea reflects the concept of tabula rasa, or the "blank slate."

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

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

Departments, districts, and cantons presented, and were intended to present, a tabula rasa upon which the law-makers of France might impress any pattern whatsoever.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin