"As to the understanding, [Epicurus] believ'd, That <i>at first it had no ideas</i>; <i>that it was a kind of </i>tabula rasa<i>; and that, when the organs of the body are form'd</i>, <i>its knowledge of things increases gradually by the mediation of the senses."</i>
The lives and most remarkable maxims of the antient philosophers.
F&eacute;nelon, Fran&ccedil;ois de Salignac de La Mothe-. <u>The lives and most remarkable maxims of the antient philosophers</u>. London, 1726. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO