The concept of Tabula Rasa was first suggested by John Locke, whose primary theory was the belief that a child’s mind was a tabula rasa or “blank slate” and therefore assumed a position that was both morally and ethically neutral (UMich, n.d.). Locke perceived childhood to be the period of time in which children were the most impressionable, and the characteristics that define an individual as either ‘good’ or ‘evil’ would later be developed. A parents’ role, Locke believed, would be the primary component in the shaping of a child’s personality. In addition to this, the theory supposed that subjecting a child to a form of proper education would aid the process of developing positive morals, and that this education should primarily focus upon relaying virtue, wisdom, reproduction and learning. This knowledge could only be acquired through experience, which would then lead to the formation of simple ideas that later evolved to incorporate differing levels of complexity. Locke’s 1693 novel, ‘Some Thoughts Concerning Education’ was a significant contribution to educationalist literature and assumed a large responsibility for the recognition and acknowledgement of the tabula rasa theory.