Full Idea
Aristotle could have claimed that the universal is prior to the individual in the epistemic realm, but the individual is prior in the realm of being. ...Instead, he claims that the individual is epistemologically prior to the universal.
Gist of Idea
Aristotle claims that the individual is epistemologically prior to the universal
Source
report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], partic) by Charlotte Witt - Substance and Essence in Aristotle 5.1
Book Reference
Witt,Charlotte: 'Substance and Essence in Aristotle' [Cornell 1994], p.154
A Reaction
This point strikes me as fairly self-evident. We only learn about the universal by induction from the individuals.