ἀνάγκη
anagke
force, constraint, necessity
Appears 1,923 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 1,994× · before him 326 · contemporaries 1,385
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Prior Analytics 277 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 211 ▸
Chapter 1 24a10–24b30Chapter 7 29a19–29b28Chapter 11 31a18–32a5Chapter 12 32a6–14Chapter 15 33b25–35b22Chapter 17 36b26–37b18Chapter 29 45a23–46a2Book II 66 ▸
Chapter 6 58b13–38Chapter 10 60b6–61a16Chapter 13 62b5–28Chapter 18 66a16–24Chapter 23 68b8–37 -
Physics 267 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 13 ▸
Book II 20 ▸
Book III 13 ▸
Book IV 29 ▸
Chapter 3 210a14–210b31Chapter 6 213a12–213b29Book V 20 ▸
Book VI 58 ▸
Book VII 24 ▸
Book VIII 90 ▸
Chapter 2 252b7–253a21Chapter 4 254b7–256a3Chapter 5 256a4–258b9Chapter 8 261b27–265a12Chapter 9 265a13–266a9 -
Metaphysics 235 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 9 ▸
Book Β 14 ▸
Book Γ 27 ▸
Chapter 1 1003a21–32Chapter 4 1005b35–1009a5Chapter 7 1011b23–1012a28Book Δ 17 ▸
Book Ε 10 ▸
Book Ζ 17 ▸
Chapter 1 1028a10–1028b7Chapter 3 1028b33–1029a34Chapter 4 1029b1–1030b13Chapter 9 1034a9–1034b19Chapter 10 1034b20–1036a25Chapter 14 1039a24–1039b19Chapter 17 1041a6–1041b33Book Η 4 ▸
Book Θ 27 ▸
Book Ι 23 ▸
Chapter 2 1053b9–1054a19Chapter 6 1056b3–1057a17Book Κ 28 ▸
Chapter 1 1059a18–1060a2Chapter 6 1062b12–1063b35Chapter 8 1064b15–1065b4Book Λ 16 ▸
Chapter 2 1069b7–34Chapter 3 1069b35–1070a30Chapter 4 1070a31–1070b35Book Μ 28 ▸
Chapter 1 1076a8–37Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16Chapter 3 1077b17–1078b6Chapter 9 1085a3–1086b13 -
On the Heavens 149 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 67 ▸
Chapter 1 268a1–268b10Chapter 4 270b32–271a33Book II 32 ▸
Chapter 2 284b6–286a2Book III 43 ▸
Chapter 3 302a10–302b9 -
Posterior Analytics 124 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 74 ▸
Chapter 6 74b5–75a37Chapter 9 75b37–76a30Chapter 12 77a36–78a21Chapter 13 78a22–79a16Chapter 18 81a38–81b9Chapter 24 85a13–86a30Chapter 26 87a1–30Chapter 29 87b5–18Chapter 31 87b28–88a17Book II 50 ▸
Chapter 19 99b15–100b17 -
Rhetoric 98 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 56 ▸
Chapter 4 1359a30–1360b3Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38Book II 29 ▸
Chapter 7 1385a16–1385b10Chapter 10 1387b22–1388a30Chapter 18 1391b7–1392a7Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5 -
On Generation and Corruption 92 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 25 ▸
Chapter 5 320a8–322a33Chapter 10 327a30–328b22Book II 67 ▸
Chapter 1 328b26–329b5Chapter 2 329b6–330a29Chapter 6 333a16–334a14Chapter 8 334b30–335a23 -
Topics 82 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 21 ▸
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 6 119a32–120b8Book IV 9 ▸
Book V 9 ▸
Book VI 11 ▸
Book VII 11 ▸
Book VIII 16 ▸
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Parts of Animals 71 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 17 ▸
Book II 12 ▸
Book III 20 ▸
Chapter 6 668b33–669b12Chapter 10 672b10–673a31Chapter 11 673a32–673b11Chapter 14 674a9–676a5Book IV 22 ▸
Chapter 2 676b16–677b10Chapter 3 677b11–36Chapter 4 677b37–678a26Chapter 6 682a35–683b3Chapter 11 690b11–692b2 -
Generation of Animals 69 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 15 ▸
Chapter 4 717a11–717b13Chapter 5 717b14–32Chapter 6 717b33–718a16Chapter 15 720b15–721a1Chapter 20 727b33–729a33Chapter 21 729a34–730a31Chapter 22 730a32–730b32Chapter 23 730b33–731b14Book II 23 ▸
Book III 5 ▸
Book IV 11 ▸
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Politics 54 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 6 ▸
Book II 9 ▸
Book III 10 ▸
Book IV 12 ▸
Book VI 3 ▸
Book VII 10 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1338b9–1339a10 -
Eudemian Ethics 47 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book II 26 ▸
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26Chapter 4 1221b27–1222a5Chapter 5 1222a6–1222b14Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16Book III 6 ▸
Book VII 9 ▸
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De Interpretatione 41 ▸
Open De Interpretatione ›Chapter 1 16a1–18Chapter 5 17a8–24Chapter 8 18a12–27Chapter 9 18a28–19b4 -
De Anima 35 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 1 402a1–403b19Book II 3 ▸
Book III 31 ▸
Chapter 4 429a10–430a9Chapter 5 430a10–25 -
Meteorology 35 ▸
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Mechanica 33 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 5 850b10–27Chapter 14 852b22–28Chapter 31 858a3–12Chapter 34 858a23–858b3 -
Sophistical Refutations 27 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 11 171b3–172b8Chapter 12 172b9–173a30Chapter 19 177a9–32Chapter 22 178a4–179a10Chapter 24 179a26–180a22Chapter 32 182a7–182b5 -
Sense and Sensibilia 25 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 24 ▸
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Movement of Animals 23 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 5 700a26–700b3Chapter 6 700b4–701a6Chapter 7 701a7–701b32Chapter 11 703b3–704b3 -
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 17 ▸
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Poetics 17 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 2 1448a1–18Chapter 10 1452a12–21Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39Chapter 15 1454a16–1454b18Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5 -
Progression of Animals 13 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 4 705a26–706a25Chapter 6 706b17–707a15Chapter 8 708a9–708b19Chapter 12 711a8–711b32Chapter 13 712a1–22Chapter 15 712b22–713a25Chapter 17 713b21–714a19Chapter 18 714a20–714b7 -
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 10 ▸
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On Colours 3 ▸
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De Mundo 3 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 2 ▸
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On Memory 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Divination in Sleep ›Chapter 1 462b12–463b11 -
On Dreams 1 ▸
Open On Dreams ›Chapter 2 459a23–460b27 -
Oeconomica 1 ▸
Open Oeconomica ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1343b7–1344a7 -
Physiognomonics 1 ▸
Open Physiognomonics ›Chapter 2 806a19–807a30
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Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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