Q0442
Thomas Aquinas
A verified English rendering from the curated archive.
English
Whatever is received is received according to the mode of the receiver.
Source context
This English passage is associated with Traditional scholastic maxim (Aquinas tradition), within the tradition of Scholasticism. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.
A short reading
Read in the register of knowledge, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Thomas Aquinas's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?
How to cite this quotation
APA: Thomas Aquinas. (n.d.). Whatever is received is received according to the mode of the receiver. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0442
MLA: Thomas Aquinas. “Whatever is received is received according to the….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0442.
Chicago: Thomas Aquinas. “Whatever is received is received according to the….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0442.