ἀλλά
alla
but
Appears 6,315 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 6,315× · before him 4,752 · contemporaries 13,517
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Metaphysics 801 ▸
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Politics 550 ▸
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Physics 546 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 486 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 37 ▸
Book II 30 ▸
Chapter 3 1104b3–1105a16Book III 60 ▸
Chapter 4 1113a15–1113b2Book IV 39 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17Chapter 4 1125b1–25Book V 89 ▸
Chapter 1 1129a3–1130a13Chapter 9 1136a10–1137a30Book VI 45 ▸
Book VII 85 ▸
Chapter 3 1146b8–1147b19Chapter 11 1152b1–24Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35Book VIII 37 ▸
Chapter 9 1159b25–1160a30Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9Chapter 12 1161b11–1162a33Chapter 14 1163a24–1163b28Book IX 23 ▸
Book X 41 ▸
Chapter 1 1172a19–1172b8Chapter 2 1172b9–1173a12 -
History of Animals 443 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 29 ▸
Chapter 7 491a27–491b8Chapter 12 493a5–16Book II 50 ▸
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4Chapter 2 501b5–13Chapter 11 503a15–503b28Chapter 14 505b5–24Book III 47 ▸
Chapter 2 511b1–512b11Chapter 8 516b31–517a5Chapter 9 517a6–517b2Chapter 13 519a30–519b6Chapter 14 519b7–12Chapter 17 520a6–520b2Chapter 19 520b10–521b3Chapter 21 522b6–523a12Book IV 57 ▸
Chapter 2 525a30–527a35Book V 56 ▸
Chapter 5 540b6–541a34Chapter 8 541b34–542b16Chapter 12 544a1–24Chapter 27 555a27–555b17Chapter 31 556b21–557a32Chapter 32 557b1–31Chapter 33 557b32–558a24Book VI 77 ▸
Chapter 14 568a11–569a9Chapter 19 573b17–574a15Chapter 24 577b19–578a5Chapter 28 578a25–578b5Chapter 30 579a18–30Chapter 32 579b15–29Chapter 33 579b30–580a5Chapter 35 580a11–31Chapter 37 580b10–581a5Book VII 26 ▸
Chapter 5 585a29–585b4Chapter 9 586b27–587a8Book VIII 29 ▸
Chapter 4 594a4–24Chapter 5 594a25–595a6Chapter 6 595a7–595b3Chapter 11 596b10–18Chapter 12 596b19–597b30Chapter 18 601a23–601b8Chapter 21 603a30–604a3Chapter 27 605b6–21Chapter 30 607b1–608a7Book IX 72 ▸
Chapter 6 611b32–612b17Chapter 9 614a34–614b17Chapter 11 614b31–615a19Chapter 20 617a18–22Chapter 30 618a31–618b8Chapter 33 619b13–17Chapter 34 619b18–620a12Chapter 45 630a18–630b17Chapter 47 630b31–631a7 -
Generation of Animals 345 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 100 ▸
Chapter 4 717a11–717b13Chapter 9 718b27–31Chapter 15 720b15–721a1Chapter 17 721a30–721b35Chapter 18 722a1–726a27Book II 74 ▸
Chapter 1 731b18–735a28Chapter 4 737b8–741a5Book III 61 ▸
Book IV 68 ▸
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26Chapter 3 767a36–769b29Chapter 4 769b30–773a29Chapter 10 777a32–778a12Book V 42 ▸
Chapter 1 778a16–781a13Chapter 4 784a23–785a6Chapter 6 785b16–786b6 -
Eudemian Ethics 317 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 34 ▸
Chapter 1 1214a1–1214b5Chapter 2 1214b6–27Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25Book II 79 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37Chapter 2 1220a38–1220b20Chapter 6 1222b15–1223a20Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11Book III 44 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33Chapter 3 1231b5–26Chapter 4 1231b27–1232a18Book VII 113 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14Chapter 6 1240a5–1240b37Chapter 8 1241a34–1241b9Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38Book VIII 47 ▸
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Rhetoric 312 ▸
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On the Heavens 258 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 102 ▸
Chapter 7 274a30–276a17Book II 89 ▸
Chapter 13 293a15–296a23Book III 40 ▸
Chapter 3 302a10–302b9Chapter 5 303b9–304b22Book IV 27 ▸
Chapter 6 313a16–313b23 -
Topics 227 ▸
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Parts of Animals 214 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 211 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 145 ▸
Chapter 14 79a17–32Chapter 21 82a36–82b36Chapter 22 82b37–84b2Chapter 27 87a31–37Chapter 29 87b5–18Chapter 30 87b19–27Book II 66 ▸
Chapter 1 89b23–35Chapter 10 93b29–94a19Chapter 14 98a1–23Chapter 15 98a24–34 -
De Anima 206 ▸
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Book II 100 ▸
Chapter 3 414a29–415a13Chapter 4 415a14–416b31Chapter 8 419b4–421a6Book III 72 ▸
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Meteorology 201 ▸
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Prior Analytics 183 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 120 ▸
Chapter 1 24a10–24b30Chapter 9 30a15–30b6Chapter 21 39b7–40a3Chapter 23 40b17–41b5Chapter 24 41b6–35Chapter 30 46a3–30Chapter 35 48a29–39Chapter 40 49b10–13Book II 63 ▸
Chapter 5 57b18–58b12Chapter 6 58b13–38Chapter 9 60a15–60b5Chapter 24 68b38–69a19 -
Sophistical Refutations 173 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 171 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 103 ▸
Chapter 2 315a26–317a31Chapter 4 319b6–320a7Chapter 5 320a8–322a33Chapter 8 324b25–326b28Book II 68 ▸
Chapter 4 331a7–332a2Chapter 6 333a16–334a14Chapter 8 334b30–335a23 -
Poetics 71 ▸
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De Interpretatione 69 ▸
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Categories 64 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 63 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 51 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 47 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 42 ▸
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Progression of Animals 37 ▸
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Mechanica 28 ▸
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Physiognomonics 26 ▸
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Movement of Animals 23 ▸
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On Memory 22 ▸
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Oeconomica 15 ▸
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On Sleep 11 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2 ▸
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Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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