αὐτάρκεια

autarkeia

self-sufficiency, independence

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 8
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Book I 5
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39

1252b29
1253a1
1253a28

Chapter 8 1256a1–1256b39

1256b32

Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18

1257a30
Book III 1
Chapter 1 1274b32–1275b21

1275b21
Book VI 1
Chapter 8 1321b4–1323a10

1321b17
Book VII 1
Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25

1326b24
Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 1097a15–1098b8

1097b7
Book V 1
Chapter 6 1134a17–1134b17

1134a27
Book X 1
Chapter 7 1177a12–1178a8

1177a27
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25

1244b1
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 8 776a15–777a27

776b8
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1360b4–1362a14

1360b14

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐτάρκεια, ἡ, A. self-sufficiency, independence, Democr. 246, Hp. Ep. 17, Pl. Phlb. 67a, Arist. EN 1097b7, Epicur. Ep. 3p.63U., etc.; αὐ. ζωῆς Arist. Rh. 1360b15; κτήσεως Id. Pol. 1256b32; ἡ τῆς τροφῆς αὐ. Id. GA 776b8. II. concrete, a sufficiency, PFlor. 242.8 (iii A. D.); a competence, Vett.Val. 289.32.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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