ἀπάθεια

apatheia

impassibility

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Posterior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 96a20–97b39

97b23
De Anima 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 429a10–430a9

429a29
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 1221b27–1222a5

1222a3
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 1104b3–1105a16

1104b24
Metaphysics 1
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Book Θ 1
Chapter 1 1045b27–1046a35

1046a13
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 682a35–683b3

682b22
Physics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 9 216b22–217b28

217b26
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15

1383b15

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπάθεια [πᾰ], ἡ, A. impassibility, of things, opp. πάθος, Arist. Ph. 217b26, Metaph. 1046a13: pl., opp. πάθη, Epicur. Ep. 1p.25U., S.E. M. 10.224. II. of persons, insensibility, apathy, Arist. EN 1104b24, de An. 429a29; ἀ. τῶν κακῶν insensibility to . ., Thphr. HP 9.15.1; ἀ. περί τι Arist. APo. 97b23, Rh. 1383b16. 2. as Stoic term, freedom from emotion, Dionys.Stoic. 3.35, cf. Arr. Epict. 4.6.34, al., Plu. 2.82f; spelt ἀπαθία in Antip.Stoic. 3.109, Phld. Sto.Herc. 339.7. III. absence of injury, σῴζεσθαι διʼ ἀπάθειαν ἀνακαμπτόμενα for the sake of immunity, Arist. PA 682b21.

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