ἀρετή
arete
goodness, excellence
Appears 527 times across Aristotle's works.
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Nicomachean Ethics 192 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 28 ▸
Chapter 5 1095b14–1096a10
Chapter 6 1096a11–1097a14
Chapter 10 1100a10–1101a21
Chapter 12 1101b10–1102a4
Chapter 13 1102a5–1103a10
Book II 36 ▸
Chapter 1 1103a14–1103b25
Chapter 4 1105a17–1105b18
Chapter 5 1105b19–1106a13
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10
Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26
Book III 8 ▸
Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28
Chapter 9 1117a29–1117b22
Chapter 10 1117b23–1118b7
Book IV 16 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17
Chapter 2 1122a18–1123a33
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35
Chapter 7 1127a13–1127b32
Book V 14 ▸
Chapter 3 1131a10–1131b24
Chapter 5 1132b21–1134a16
Chapter 11 1138a4–1138b14
Book VI 30 ▸
Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13
Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30
Chapter 11 1143a19–1143b17
Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36
Chapter 13 1144b1–1145a11
Book VII 8 ▸
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20
Chapter 8 1150b29–1151a28
Book VIII 14 ▸
Chapter 7 1158b11–1159a11
Chapter 8 1159a12–1159b24
Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9
Chapter 11 1161a10–1161b10
Chapter 12 1161b11–1162a33
Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23
Chapter 14 1163a24–1163b28
Book IX 8 ▸
Chapter 1 1163b32–1164b21
Chapter 2 1164b22–1165a35
Chapter 5 1166b30–1167a21
Chapter 10 1170b20–1171a20
Book X 30 ▸
Chapter 3 1173a13–1174a12
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29
Chapter 6 1176a30–1177a11
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23
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Politics 115 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 15 ▸
Chapter 13 1259b18–1260b24
Book II 4 ▸
Chapter 5 1262b37–1264b25
Chapter 11 1272b24–1273b26
Book III 44 ▸
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32
Chapter 7 1279a22–1279b10
Chapter 12 1282b14–1283a22
Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34
Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40
Chapter 17 1287b36–1288a31
Chapter 18 1288a32–1288b6
Book IV 13 ▸
Chapter 2 1289a26–1289b26
Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38
Chapter 7 1293a35–1293b21
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12
Book V 12 ▸
Chapter 1 1301a19–1302a15
Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18
Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25
Chapter 9 1309a33–1310a38
Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10
Book VII 16 ▸
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32
Chapter 7 1327b20–1328a20
Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39
Chapter 12 1331a19–1331b23
Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28
Book VIII 11 ▸
Chapter 2 1337a33–1337b23
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19
Chapter 6 1340b20–1341b14
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Eudemian Ethics 101 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 5 ▸
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25
Book II 44 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 2 1220a38–1220b20
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26
Chapter 6 1222b15–1223a20
Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11
Chapter 11 1227b12–1228a19
Book III 13 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14
Book VII 22 ▸
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
Book VIII 17 ▸
Chapter 1 1246a26–1246b36
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Rhetoric 49 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 34 ▸
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
Book II 9 ▸
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19
Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10
Chapter 11 1388a31–1388b30
Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12
Book III 6 ▸
Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20
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Topics 27 ▸
Open Topics › Book I 1 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Book III 3 ▸
Book IV 8 ▸
Book V 2 ▸
Book VI 9 ▸
Book VII 3 ▸
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Physics 12 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 11 ▸
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Categories 7 ▸
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Metaphysics 6 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Δ 5 ▸
Chapter 14 1020a33–1020b25
Chapter 16 1021b12–1022a3
Book Μ 1 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 1 ▸
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Prior Analytics 1 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
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Oeconomica 1 ▸
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Parts of Animals 1 ▸
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Physiognomonics 1 ▸
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Poetics 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀρετή [ᾰ], ἡ, A. goodness, excellence, of any kind, in Hom. esp. of manly qualities, ποδῶν ἀρετὴν ἀναφαίνων Il. 20.411; ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετὰς ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι καὶ νόον 15.642; so of the gods, τῶν περ καὶ μείζων ἀ. τιμή τε βίη τε 9.498; also of women, Od. 2.206; ἀ. εἵνεκα for valour, Hdt. 8.92: pl., ἀ. ἀπεδείκνυντο displayed brave deeds, Id. 1.176, 9.40. b. later, of the gods, chiefly in pl., glorious deeds, wonders, miracles, SIG 1172, Str. 17.1.17; ζῶσαι ἀ. IG 14.966, cf. 1 Ep.Pet. 2.9: also in sg., ὄψιν ἰδοῦσα ἀρετὴν τῆς θεοῦ IG 2.1426b, cf. Isyll. 62, BSA 21.169,180. 2. generally, excellence, ἡ ἀ. τελείωσίς τις Arist. Metaph. 1021b20, cf.EN 1106a15, etc.; of persons, ἄνδρα πὺξ ἀρετὰν εὑρόντα Pi. O. 7.89, cf. P. 4.187, B. 9.13, etc.; τὸ φρονεῖν ἀ. μεγίστη Heraclit. 112: in pl., forms of excellence, μυρίαι ἀνδρῶν ἀ. B. 13.8, cf. Gorg. Fr. 8, etc.; δικαστοῦ αὕτη ἀ. Pl. Ap. 18a; esp. moral virtue, Democr. 179, 263, al., Gorg. Fr. 6; opp. κακία, X. Mem. 2.1.21, cf.Pl. R. 500d, Lg. 963a, 963c sq., D. 60.17, Arist. EN 1102a6, Pol. 1295a37, etc.; good nature, kindness, etc., E. Fr. 163. b. of animals, things, as land, Hdt. 4.198, 7.5, Th. 1.2; ἡ ἐν ἀρετῇ κειμένη γῆ productive land, PTeb. 5.165 (ii B. C.); ἵππου Hdt. 3.88; κυνῶν, ἵππων, Pl. R. 335b; σκεύους ib.601d; [ἀστακοῦ] Archestr. Fr. 24; ἀ. βίου Pl. R. 618c; πολιτείας Lg. 886b, etc. 3. prosperity, Od. 13.45. II. ἀ. εἴς τινα active merit, good service done him, ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας Th. 3.58, cf. 2.40; ἀ. περί τινα X. An. 1.4.8; ἀνταποδοῦναι ἀ. Th. 4.19; ἀρετὰς παρασχέσθαι ὑπέρ τινος D. 19.312; ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα, freq. in honorary Inscrr., IG 22.107.14, etc. III. reward of excellence, distinction, fame, πλούτῳ δʼ ἀρετὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ Hes. Op. 313, cf. Sapph. 80, Pi. N. 5.53, al.; ἀθάνατος ἀ. S. Ph. 1420, Pl. Smp. 208d; ἃ ἆθλα τοῦ πολέμου τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐστίν, ἐλευθερία καὶ ἀ. Lycurg. 49; of God, δόξα καὶ ἀ. 2 Ep.Pet. 1.3: in pl., glories, Thgn. 30, Pi. N. 10.2, al.; πλοῦτος ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος Id. O. 2.53; γενναίων ἀ. πόνων E. HF 357 (lyr.), cf. Lys. 2.26; προγόνων ἀ. Pl. R. 618b; in LXX freq. of the praises of God, Is. 42.8, al. IV. Ἀρετή personified, Prodic. 1, Arist. Fr. 675, Callix. 2, CIG 2786, SIG 985.10, etc. V. ἡ ἀ. σου as a title, Your worship, PLips. 13 ii 20, etc. VI. an engine of war, Ath.Mech. 38.11. VII. a plaster, Androm. ap. Gal. 13.531.
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