ἆρα
ara
anxiety or impatience
Appears 169 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 169× · before him 149 · contemporaries 1,183
Frequency by work
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Sophistical Refutations 54 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 5 166b28–168a16Chapter 13 173a31–173b16Chapter 17 175a31–176b28Chapter 19 177a9–32Chapter 21 177b35–178a3Chapter 33 182b6–183a26 -
Posterior Analytics 25 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 17 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 3 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1136a10–1137a30Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23Book IX 8 ▸
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Metaphysics 15 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Β 1 ▸
Chapter 1 995a24–996a17Book Γ 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1005b35–1009a5Book Ζ 6 ▸
Book Θ 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1048b37–1049b3 -
Physics 11 ▸
Open Physics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 5 196b10–197a35Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 5 204a8–206a8Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 5 256a4–258b9 -
Prior Analytics 3 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 31 46a31–46b39 -
Eudemian Ethics 3 ▸
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De Interpretatione 3 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 3 ▸
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Topics 3 ▸
Open Topics ›Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 2 157a18–158a30 -
Movement of Animals 2 ▸
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Rhetoric 2 ▸
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On the Heavens 1 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 12 281a28–283b22 -
On Divination in Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Divination in Sleep ›Chapter 1 462b12–463b11 -
On Dreams 1 ▸
Open On Dreams ›Chapter 1 458a33–459a22 -
De Lineis Insecabilibus 1 ▸
Open De Lineis Insecabilibus ›Chapter 1 968a1–972b33 -
On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
Open On Length and Shortness of Life ›Chapter 3 465b1–32
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