ἀρχή
arche
beginning, origin
Appears 2,106 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 2,106× · before him 401 · contemporaries 1,752
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Metaphysics 426 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 66 ▸
Chapter 3 983a24–984b22Chapter 10 993a11–29Book α 5 ▸
Book Β 65 ▸
Chapter 3 998a20–999a23Chapter 4 999a24–1001b25Book Γ 25 ▸
Chapter 7 1011b23–1012a28Book Δ 41 ▸
Chapter 3 1014a26–1014b15Chapter 15 1020b26–1021b11Chapter 26 1023b26–1024a10Book Ε 11 ▸
Book Ζ 17 ▸
Chapter 2 1028b8–32Chapter 4 1029b1–1030b13Chapter 8 1033a24–1034a8Chapter 9 1034a9–1034b19Chapter 13 1038b1–1039a23Book Η 5 ▸
Book Θ 22 ▸
Book Κ 48 ▸
Chapter 1 1059a18–1060a2Chapter 2 1060a3–1060b30Chapter 3 1060b31–1061b16Chapter 9 1065b5–1066a34Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14Book Λ 51 ▸
Chapter 2 1069b7–34Book Μ 36 ▸
Book Ν 29 ▸
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Politics 338 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 19 ▸
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39Chapter 8 1256a1–1256b39Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18Chapter 10 1258a19–1258b8Chapter 13 1259b18–1260b24Book II 43 ▸
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19Book III 61 ▸
Chapter 8 1279b11–1280a6Book IV 69 ▸
Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38Chapter 6 1292b22–1293a34Chapter 7 1293a35–1293b21Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29Book V 79 ▸
Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10Book VI 46 ▸
Chapter 1 1316b31–1317a39Chapter 2 1317a40–1318a10Chapter 6 1320b18–1321a4Book VII 18 ▸
Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18 -
Generation of Animals 171 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 24 ▸
Chapter 11 718b36–719a29Chapter 19 726a28–727b32Book II 64 ▸
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20Chapter 7 745b21–747a22Book III 38 ▸
Chapter 9 758a26–759a7Book IV 29 ▸
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26Chapter 5 773a30–774b4Chapter 6 774b5–775b24 -
Physics 161 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 41 ▸
Chapter 4 187a12–188a18Book II 21 ▸
Book III 19 ▸
Book IV 10 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 3 226b18–227b2Book VII 5 ▸
Book VIII 61 ▸
Chapter 2 252b7–253a21Chapter 10 266a10–267b26 -
Nicomachean Ethics 94 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 14 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1103b26–1104b2Book III 18 ▸
Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1122a18–1123a33Book V 8 ▸
Book VI 24 ▸
Chapter 8 1141b23–1142a30Book VII 10 ▸
Book VIII 10 ▸
Book IX 6 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 92 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 63 ▸
Chapter 7 75a38–75b20Chapter 8 75b21–36Chapter 19 81b10–82a20Chapter 28 87a38–87b4Chapter 33 88b30–89b9Book II 29 ▸
Chapter 1 89b23–35Chapter 8 93a1–93b20Chapter 9 93b21–28 -
Parts of Animals 82 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 10 ▸
Book II 25 ▸
Chapter 8 653b19–654a31Book III 34 ▸
Chapter 4 665a27–667b9Chapter 6 668b33–669b12Chapter 10 672b10–673a31 -
Meteorology 77 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 26 ▸
Chapter 1 338a20–339a10Chapter 8 345a11–346b15Book II 42 ▸
Chapter 5 361b14–363a20Chapter 9 369a10–370a33 -
On the Heavens 64 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 19 ▸
Book II 32 ▸
Chapter 2 284b6–286a2Chapter 6 288a13–289a10Chapter 14 296a24–298a20Book III 10 ▸
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Rhetoric 57 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 20 ▸
Book II 10 ▸
Book III 27 ▸
Chapter 10 1410b6–1411b21Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20Chapter 19 1419b10–1420a8 -
History of Animals 53 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 5 489a34–490b6Book III 16 ▸
Book IV 4 ▸
Book V 11 ▸
Book VI 4 ▸
Book VII 6 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27 -
Prior Analytics 52 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 26 ▸
Chapter 1 24a10–24b30Chapter 14 32b38–33b24Chapter 17 36b26–37b18Chapter 26 42b27–43a19Chapter 29 45a23–46a2Chapter 32 46b40–47b14 -
Eudemian Ethics 49 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 27 ▸
Chapter 6 1222b15–1223a20Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30Book VII 7 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 44 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 2 165a38–165b11Chapter 4 165b23–166b27Chapter 7 169a22–169b17Chapter 12 172b9–173a30Chapter 15 174a17–174b40Chapter 19 177a9–32Chapter 22 178a4–179a10Chapter 26 181a1–14Chapter 28 181a22–30Chapter 30 181a36–181b24 -
Topics 44 ▸
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De Anima 43 ▸
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Movement of Animals 40 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 5 700a26–700b3Chapter 6 700b4–701a6 -
On Generation and Corruption 37 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 19 ▸
Chapter 6 322b1–323a34Chapter 10 327a30–328b22Book II 18 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 33 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 1 467b10–468a12Chapter 5 469b21–470a18Chapter 11 472b6–473a2Chapter 20 477a32–478a10Chapter 21 478a11–25Chapter 26 479b17–480a15 -
Progression of Animals 26 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 7 707a16–708a8Chapter 8 708a9–708b19Chapter 13 712a1–22Chapter 15 712b22–713a25 -
Poetics 16 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 3 1448a19–1448b3Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20 -
Mechanica 14 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 2 848b1–850a2Chapter 4 850a30–850b9Chapter 12 852a38–852b10Chapter 18 853a32–853b13Chapter 25 856a39–857a4Chapter 32 858a13–16 -
De Audibilibus 4 ▸
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Categories 3 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 3 ▸
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De Interpretatione 2 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 2 ▸
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Oeconomica 1 ▸
Open Oeconomica ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1343a1–17 -
Physiognomonics 1 ▸
Open Physiognomonics ›Chapter 6 810a14–814b9
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