ἀφροσύνη

aphrosyne

folly, thoughtlessness

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 4
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Chapter 2 1249b26–1250a4

1249b30
Chapter 3 1250a5–32

1250a16
Chapter 6 1250b19–1251a18

1250b43
1251a2
Rhetoric 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1378a10
Book II 2
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19

1382a11

Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1400b24
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book VII 2
Chapter 2 1145b21–1146b7

1146a27

Chapter 5 1148b15–1149a23

1149a5
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 1214b6–27

1214b10
Politics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 1281a39–1282b13

1281b27

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀφροσύνη, ἡ, (ἄφρων) A. folly, thoughtlessness, freq. in pl., παῖδας καταπαυέμεν ἀφροσυνάων Od. 24.457, cf. 16.278: in sg., οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ ταύτης ἀφροσύνης Il. 7.110, cf. Democr. 254, Hdt. 3.146, 9.82; κοῦφαι ἀ. S. OC 1230 (lyr.); καταφρόνησιν ἢ . . ἀ. μετωνόμασται Th. 1.122; opp. σωφροσύνη and σοφία, Pl. Prt. 332e; συμβαίνει ἡ ἀ. μετὰ ἀκρασίας ἀρετή Arist. EN 1146a27.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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