Actually the phrase goes back to the Roman author
Terence which explains why it is in Latin!

Terence: Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto.
'I am a man; I believe that nothing human is foreign
to me.'


>          the chairman
> ps. re Julio's citation of 'one of Marx's
> favorite phrases was "nihil humani a me
> alienum puto" [nothing human is alien to me]', that
> phrase was Feuerbach's.
>
> Michael A. Lebowitz
> Professor Emeritus
> Economics Department
> Simon Fraser University
> Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6
>
> Currently based in Venezuela. Can be reached at
> Residencias Anauco Suites
> Departamento 601
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> Caracas, Venezuela
> (58-212) 573-4111
> fax: (58-212) 573-7724
>

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