The Peripatetic axiom is: "Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses." (Latin: "Nihil est in intellectu quod non prius in sensu") The quote was first penned by Aquinas, but the principle was held by the Peripatetic school of Greek philosophy, established by Aristotle, and forms the basis of Empiricism. The Peripatetics were a school of philosophy in ancient Greece. ... Classical (or early) Greek philosophy focused on the role of reason and inquiry. ... Aristotle (sculpture) Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Aristotelēs) (384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher. ... Empiricism (greek εμπειρισμός, from empirical, latin experientia - the experience) is generally regarded as being at the heart of the modern scientific method, that our theories should be based on our observations of the world rather than on intuition or faith; that is, empirical research and a posteriori inductive reasoning rather than...