The Wikipedia article on tabula rasa, used here for its statement that John Locke popularized the concept using the term white paper in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Tabula Rasa (Wikipedia)
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The modern idea of the theory is attributed mostly to John Locke's expression of the idea in Essay Concerning Human Understanding, particularly using the term "white paper" in Book II, Chap. I, 2.
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