ἀνάμνησις

anamnesis

calling to mind, reminiscence

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Memory 5
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Chapter 2 451a18–453b11

451a21
451b10
451b20
452a1
453a15
Prior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 21 66b18–67b26

67a22
De Anima 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 407b27–409a30

408b17
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 10 1117b23–1118b7

1118a13
On Length and Shortness of Life 1
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Chapter 2 465a13–32

465a22
Metaphysics 1
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Book Κ 1
Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14

1068a31
Physics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 225b10–226b17

225b32
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 19 1419b10–1420a8

1419b13

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνάμνησις, εως, ἡ, (ἀναμιμνῄσκω) A. calling to mind, reminiscence, Pl. Phd. 72e, 92d, Phlb. 34c (pl.), Arist. Mem. 451a21; ἀ. τινος λαβεῖν recall it to memory, IG 2.628.20; ἀναμνήσεις θυσιῶν reminders to the gods of sacrifices offered, Lys. 2.39. 2. memorial sacrifice, LXX Nu. 10.10, cf. Ev.Luc. 22.19. 3. παλίνδρομος ἀ., of the moon, Secund. Sent. 6.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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