tabula rasa

• Expressão latina que significa «tábua rasa» ou «folha em branco», usada para descrever a ideia de que a mente humana nasce vazia, adquirindo conhecimento pela experiência, ou, em sentido mais amplo, um novo começo ou recomeço do zero.

A Latin phrase meaning 'blank slate,' used to describe the concept that the human mind is born empty and receives knowledge through experience, or more generally, a fresh start or clean beginning.

1. Blank SlateC2formal

   The idea that the human mind at birth is empty and receives knowledge through experience.

   Tábula rasa

   • The philosopher argued that the mind is a tabula rasa at birth.
   • In this theory, children are seen as a tabula rasa, shaped entirely by their environment.
   • The concept of tabula rasa is central to empiricist philosophy.