The complete Latin expression is: Quidquid recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur, which means, whatever is received is received in the manner of the receiver. Paraphrasing it, we can also have: ...

There is an adage of St. Thomas Aquinas that every philosophy student learns early on: Quidquid recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur. “Whatever is received is received according to the condition ...