Nihil est in intellectu
quod non sit prius in sensu

Transl.: Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses

Thomas Aquinas’s version:
“Praeterea, nihil est in intellectu quod non sit prius in sensu.“
(from De veritate, Q2, A3, a19).

Leibniz added :
“… nisi intellectus ipse“
(except the intellect itself).


Further References

Lacrosse, J.. (2007). Some remarks about a meeting between Socrates and an Indian (Aristoxenus’ fragment 53). Archiv Fur Geschichte Der Philosophie

Plain numerical DOI: 10.1515/AGPH.2007.012
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Ciulei, T.. (2009). Nihil est in intellectu quod non primus fuerit in sensu. The limits of gnoseologic paradigm, from Aristotle to Locke. Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

Plain numerical DOI: 10.5840/cultura20096119
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