ἄρχω
archo
to be first
Appears 648 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 648× · before him 891 · contemporaries 2,355
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Politics 368 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 61 ▸
Chapter 3 1253b1–22Chapter 5 1254a17–1255a2Chapter 8 1256a1–1256b39Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18Chapter 10 1258a19–1258b8Book II 45 ▸
Chapter 4 1262a25–1262b36Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23Book III 101 ▸
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32Chapter 5 1277b33–1278b5Chapter 8 1279b11–1280a6Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35Book IV 40 ▸
Chapter 12 1296b13–1297a13Chapter 13 1297a14–1297b34Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15Book V 46 ▸
Chapter 1 1301a19–1302a15Chapter 5 1304b19–1305a36Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10Book VI 17 ▸
Book VII 58 ▸
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10 -
History of Animals 70 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 16 494b19–496a3Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 10 536b24–537b21Book V 16 ▸
Book VI 20 ▸
Chapter 2 559a15–561a3Chapter 4 562b3–563a4Chapter 9 564a25–564b13Chapter 11 566a2–566b1Chapter 13 567a17–568a10Chapter 18 571b3–573b16Chapter 20 574a16–575a12Chapter 21 575a13–575b20Chapter 28 578a25–578b5Chapter 35 580a11–31Book VII 9 ▸
Book VIII 7 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 38 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10Book V 11 ▸
Book VI 4 ▸
Book VIII 14 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 33 ▸
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Rhetoric 32 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 6 ▸
Book II 17 ▸
Chapter 11 1388a31–1388b30Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28 -
Meteorology 15 ▸
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Physics 15 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 9 191b35–192b4Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 4 202b30–204a7Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 2 225b10–226b17 -
Metaphysics 12 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Δ 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1012b34–1013a23Book Ζ 4 ▸
Book Κ 1 ▸
Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14 -
Parts of Animals 10 ▸
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De Mundo 4 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 4 ▸
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Prior Analytics 3 ▸
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Generation of Animals 3 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 19 726a28–727b32Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 747a23–749a6Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 8 776a15–777a27 -
Topics 3 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 14 105a34–105b37Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 2 109a34–110a22Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 3 158a31–159a14 -
On Colours 2 ▸
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De Anima 2 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 2 ▸
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Mechanica 2 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 4 469a27–469b20 -
Physiognomonics 1 ▸
Open Physiognomonics ›Chapter 6 810a14–814b9 -
Sophistical Refutations 1 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 1 164a20–165a37 -
Sense and Sensibilia 1 ▸
Open Sense and Sensibilia ›Chapter 1 436a1–437a18 -
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1 ▸
Open De Virtutibus et Vitiis ›Chapter 7 1251a19–1251b25
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