"Some have said that the human Mind contained within it the Seeds of all Sciences; the Mind is indeed a Soil in which any of these Seeds may be sown, but it must be cultivated; and without an Husbandman it will continue a mere <i>Tabula rasa,</i> except what the Instincts write on it, without a possibility of astronomical, geographical or other learned Observations."
A philosophical dissertation upon the inlets to human knowledge, in a letter from a gentleman in the country to his friend at London.
Philalethes, Gentleman in the country. <u>A philosophical dissertation upon the inlets to human knowledge, in a letter from a gentleman in the country to his friend at London</u>. The second edition [Dublin], 1740. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO