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    role in the economic life of the people‚ and private property should be allowed to do whatever they wanted with it. Favoring‚ that individuals should pursue own self interest. Smith published The Wealth of Nations. John Locke set the belief of tabula rasa‚ which is the idea that humans enter the world as a blank slate/canvas. He also believed that human personality could be altered by changing the environment‚ and he wrote An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Montesquieu was the most influential

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    by both nurture and nature. Nurture is the combination of all the life experiences a person lives through. A human being only starts off with an empty brain until experiences kick in‚ for example‚ "John Locke believed in what is known as tabula rasa‚ which suggests that the mind begins as a blank slate. According to this notion‚ everything that we are and all of our knowledge is determined by our experience." (Cherry‚ Kendra: "What Is Nature Versus Nurture?"). The state of mind regulates a

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    himself unspotted from the world” (18). This epithet functions as a control to drastically juxtapose and emphasize his dramatic transformation to a man of very little morality. At this point‚ Dorian’s unique disposition can be described as “one of tabula rasa or a blank slate” that awaits “colorful brushstrokes . . . [to] forever tarnish its originally pure image” (Seagroatt). The inciting moment of discovering Basil’s painting is equivalent to the first blemish on innocent Dorian’s canvas as he reaches

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    (mind)-body separation‚ but wondered how the immaterial mind and body communicated. __________ Descartes 4. A founder of modern science‚ particularly the experimental method. _________ (Francis) Bacon 5. Founded the idea that the mind is a tabula rasa‚ or blank sheet‚ and experiences write on it. _________ Locke 6. Matching: Body and Mind are connected Body and Mind are distinct Socrates The Hebrews Aristotle Plato Descartes Augustine 7. Some ideas are

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    The True Nature of Man Man is inarguably the simplest yet most complex creation whose concrete nature is still unknown. Once upon a time‚ individuals hit a snafu in regards to whether the true nature of mankind is intrinsically good or evil. At one end of the spectrum‚ the advocators of congenital human righteousness assert that as man is the creation of God‚ he must be pure and just by nature. Alternately‚ those who regard humankind as essentially foul hold the beliefs that man was created to

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    Locke believed that knowledge was only gained through worldliness. He told people that experiences caused them to learn. One famous this he argued is that‚ “at birth the mind is a tabula rasa”3. Tabula rasa translates to “clean slate”. Essentially‚ everyone is born without knowledge and over time they become wiser and smarter. This was revolutionary because previously no one had every stopped to think about how knowledge was gained other than

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    citizens‚ who think about giving to the society‚ who love all people irrespective of caste‚ color or creed. Love for the country and for people should be inculcated in them. Children are like clay that can be molded into any form. Their mind is a tabula rasa that can imbibe any hue. “All work and no play makes jack a dull boy” There must also be focus on sports‚ art and culture in our education. It is unfortunate that in the modern system of

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    proposed that everyone’s life begins as a “white paper‚ void of all characters‚”‚ and that experiences make us who we are today. Locke’s theory is most formerly known as “blank slate” theory or the “tabula rasa” theory‚ and goes against the divine right of kings. According to Locke’s theory of “tabula rasa”‚ everyone is born the same and are therefore given inalienable rights which were liberty‚ life‚ and possessions/property. The scientific method would be introduced into the colonies when John Winthrop

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    experiences. Locke explains that we are not born with ideas‚ because if we were then the idea of God should be innate too. However‚ since there is no universally agreed upon notion of God‚ we are not born with the idea of God. In fact the mind is a “Tabula Rasa”‚ it is like a blank tablet of white paper‚ void of all characters‚ or ideas and it is through that we gain

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