Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses, except the intellect itself.

Nihil est in intellectu quod non fuerit in sensu, nisi intellectus ipse.

Wilhelm Wundt

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Wilhelm Wundt

German physiologist (1832-1920). Founded the first psychology lab at Leipzig in 1879, marking psychology's birth as an independent science. Father of experimental psychology and teacher of America's first psychologists.

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Source: Beiträge zur Theorie der Sinneswahrnehmung (感覚知覚理論への寄与, 1862) 扉頁。ライプニッツ『人間悟性新論』からの引用Verified

Wilhelm Wundt's Other Quotes

Psychology is the science of immediate experience.

I would rather call Weber the father of experimental psychology.

Language is not the work of the individual but of the community.

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