Does anyone know what “Tabula Rasa” means? There was a “Buffy” titled this, and I thought it was a nonsense word. Then I saw a “Law & Order” with the same title-anyone? Maybe it’s Latin or something.
It means “blank slate”.
from http://www.dictionary.com
tab·u·la ra·sa Pronunciation Key (tby-l räs, -z)
n. pl. tab·u·lae ra·sae (tby-l räs, -z)
1.
a. The mind before it receives the impressions gained from experience.
b. The unformed, featureless mind in the philosophy of John Locke.
- A need or an opportunity to start from the beginning.
Medieval Latin tabula rsa : Latin tabula, tablet + Latin rsa, feminine of rsus, erased.]
Thank you. Man, I love this site. 
Though the phrase is often associated with Locke, there was no reference to “tabula rasa” in Locke’s original Essay Concerning Human Understanding. The first appearance of the Latin phrase in Locke’s essay was in Pierre Coste’s 1700 French translation.
quote]there was no reference to “tabula rasa” in Locke’s original Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
[/quote]
So actually, we’re all Windowless Monads on this bus ?
popokis5 - here’s another site you may love. It will let you look up the meaning of words, including dictionary
Dictionary
Russell