The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Abstraction is everybody's zero but nobody's nought.
Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics.
Having a blank slate is sometimes as daunting as it is exciting.
An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.
I'm happy to be reminded that an ordinary day full of nothing but nothingness can make you feel like you've won the lottery.
There is no such thing as Something for nothing.
The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The doctrine of the blank slate... is a totalitarian's dream.
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
Nothingness not being nothing, nothingness being emptiness.
If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.