In esse, in intellects in re

In esse, in intellects in re

Medieval Latin expressions of which the first signifies, in being, in existence, the second, in the intellect, especially as a general idea formed by the process of abstraction, the third, in a really existing thing outside the mind. One may add that in the matter of is the commonly known signification of the third. — J.J.R.

Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy