ἀναισθησία

anaisthesia

lack of sensation

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

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Topics 5
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Book II 2
Chapter 8 113b15–114a25

114a10
114a11
Book III 1
Chapter 6 119a32–120b8

119b2
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 124a15–125b14

124b6
Book V 1
Chapter 6 135b7–136b14

135b32
Eudemian Ethics 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26

1221a2
Book III 2
Chapter 2 1230a34–1231b4

1230b13
1231a39
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 1108b11–1109a19

1109a4
Book III 1
Chapter 11 1118b8–1119a20

1119a7
History of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 512b12–514a22

514a7
Physics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 11 218b21–220a26

218b26

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναισθησία, ἡ, A. lack of sensation, Pl. Ti. 74e, Epicur. Fr. 495; μετʼ ἀναισθησίας without the aid of sense-perception, Pl. Ti. 52b; unconsciousness, Ax.365d; insensibility to pleasure or pain, Arist. EN 1109a4, 1119a7; insensibility under surgical treatment, Dsc. 5.140. 2. mental obtuseness, D. 22.64. 3. stupor, Aret. SA 1.5.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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