αἴσθησις
aisthesis
sense-perception, sensation
Appears 685 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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De Anima 148 ▸
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Book II 63 ▸
Chapter 1 412a3–413a10Chapter 4 415a14–416b31Chapter 8 419b4–421a6Chapter 11 422b17–424a16Book III 76 ▸
Chapter 1 424b22–425b11Chapter 3 427a17–429a9Chapter 7 431a1–431b19Chapter 10 433a9–433b30Chapter 11 433b31–434a21 -
Parts of Animals 64 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 55 ▸
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Metaphysics 52 ▸
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Book Γ 15 ▸
Book Δ 4 ▸
Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1025b3–1026a32Book Ν 1 ▸
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Topics 49 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 34 ▸
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Chapter 7 1097a15–1098b8Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10Book VI 6 ▸
Book VII 3 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 12 1161b11–1162a33Book IX 5 ▸
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History of Animals 32 ▸
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Generation of Animals 29 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 22 ▸
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Physics 20 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 14 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 11 ▸
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On the Heavens 10 ▸
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Meteorology 10 ▸
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Chapter 8 365b21–369a9 -
Rhetoric 4 ▸
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Chapter 2 1404b1–1405b34 -
Progression of Animals 3 ▸
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Mechanica 3 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 2 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 2 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 2 ▸
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Prior Analytics 1 ▸
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On Colours 1 ▸
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De Mundo 1 ▸
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Dictionary (LSJ)
αἴσθησις, εως, ἡ, A. sense-perception, sensation, Philol. 13, Archyt. 1, Arist. APo. 99b35; τοῦ σώματος ἡ αἴ. Hp. VM 9; πρὸς αἴσθησιν perceptibly, Ptol. Alm. 1.10, etc.: in pl., the senses, Democr. 9, al.; διʼ ἑπτὰ σχημάτων αἱ αἰ. Hp. Vict. 1.23, cf. Pl. Tht. 156b, etc.: in sg. of the several senses, ἡ τοῦ ὁρᾶν αἴ. Id. R. 507e; ἀπʼ ὄψεως ἤ τινος ἄλλῃς αἰ. Id. Phlb. 39b; organ or seat of sensation, X. Mem. 1.4.6; πάσα, τὰς αἰ. ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ εἶναι Arist. Fr. 95, cf. Pr. 958b16; αἴ. πημάτων perception, sense of . . , E. El. 290; esp. of pain, Vett. Val.113.10. al.; also of the mind, perception, knowledge of a thing, ἐν αἰ. γενέσθαι τινός Plu. Luc. 11, etc.; αἴ. ἔχειν τινός, = αἰσθάνεσθαί τινος, have a perception of a thing, Pl. Ap. 40c; περὶ ὑμῶν Tht. 192b; πᾶσαν αἴσθησιν αἰσθάνεσθαι Phdr. 240d; λαμβάνειν Isoc. 1.47; ἐν αἰ. εἶναι Plot. 4.7.15:—also of things, αἴσθησιν ἔχειν give a perception, i.e. become perceptible, serving as Pass. to αἰσθάνομαι, Th. 2.61; more freq. αἴσθησιν παρέχειν Id. 3.22, X. An. 4.6.13, etc.; αἴ. ποιῆσαί τινι Antipho 5.44, cf. D. 10.7; αἴ. παρέχειν τινός furnish the means of observing, Th. 2.50; αἴ. ἐγένετο περί τινος D. 48.16. II. in object. sense, impressions of sense, Arist. Metaph. 980a22; stage-effects, Po. 1454b16; αἰσθήσεις θεῶν visible appearances of the gods, Pl. Phd. 111b. 2. display of feeling, Arist. Rh. 1386a32 (v.l.). 3. in hunting, scent, X. Cyn. 3.5 (pl.).—Confined to Prose in early writers, exc. E. l.c., Antiph. 196.5.
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