John Locke's "clearing metaphor," also known as the "blank slate" or "tabula rasa," is a core concept in his philosophy. It suggests that the human mind at birth is like a clean piece of paper, devoid of any innate ideas or knowledge. Locke believed that all ideas and knowledge are acquired through experience, specifically through sensation and reflection.
" It is ambition enough to be employed as an under-labourer in clearing the ground a little, and removing some of the rubbish which lies in the way to knowledge. "
The way of the creative destroyer is beset about on all sides by the iniquities and savagries of police and priestly men - but I will fear no evil so long as I stride with thee. And I will strike down with a furious anger all those who attack us - and they will know our name when we lay our vengeance on them.
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