iding ▁principle ▁of ▁empir ic ism , ▁and ▁accepted ▁in ▁some ▁form ▁by ▁Arist ot le , ▁Aqu inas , ▁Lock e , ▁Ber keley , ▁and ▁H ume . ▁Le ib n iz , ▁however , ▁added ▁n isi ▁intellect us ▁ip se ▁( except ▁the ▁intellect ▁itself ). ▁| - ▁| nih il ▁nim is || nothing ▁too || Or ▁nothing ▁to ▁excess . ▁Latin ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁ins cription ▁of ▁the ▁Temple ▁of ▁Apol lo ▁at ▁Del phi . ▁| - ▁| nih il ▁nov i || nothing ▁of ▁the ▁new || Or ▁just ▁" nothing ▁new ". ▁The ▁phrase ▁exists ▁in ▁two ▁versions : ▁as ▁n ih il ▁nov i ▁sub ▁sole ▁( nothing ▁new ▁under ▁the ▁sun ), ▁from ▁the ▁V ul gate , ▁and ▁as ▁n ih il ▁nov i ▁n isi ▁commune ▁cons ens u ▁( nothing ▁new ▁unless ▁by ▁the ▁common ▁cons ensus ), ▁a ▁ 1 5 0 5 ▁law ▁of ▁the ▁Polish – L ith uan ian ▁Commonwealth ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁corner st ones ▁of ▁its ▁Golden ▁Liber ty . ▁| - ▁| nih il ▁ob stat || nothing ▁prevents || A ▁notation , ▁usually ▁on ▁a ▁title ▁page , ▁indicating ▁that ▁a ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁c ensor ▁has ▁review ed ▁the ▁book ▁and ▁found ▁nothing ▁ob jection able ▁to ▁faith ▁or ▁mor als ▁in ▁its ▁content . ▁See ▁also ▁im prim atur . ▁| - ▁| nih il ▁s ine ▁De o || nothing ▁without ▁God || M otto ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom