βούλομαι
boulomai
will, wish, be willing
Appears 522 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 525× · before him 1,001 · contemporaries 3,485
Frequency by work
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Politics 92 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 7 ▸
Book II 26 ▸
Chapter 1 1260b27–1261a9Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15Chapter 3 1261b16–1262a24Book III 4 ▸
Book IV 16 ▸
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2Book V 26 ▸
Chapter 1 1301a19–1302a15Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25Chapter 12 1315b11–1316b27Book VI 7 ▸
Book VII 5 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1341b15–1342b34 -
Nicomachean Ethics 89 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 5 ▸
Book III 10 ▸
Book IV 10 ▸
Book V 8 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36Book VIII 24 ▸
Chapter 5 1157b5–36Chapter 11 1161a10–1161b10Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23Chapter 14 1163a24–1163b28Book IX 24 ▸
Chapter 10 1170b20–1171a20Chapter 11 1171a21–1171b28 -
Rhetoric 64 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 14 ▸
Book II 35 ▸
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10Chapter 11 1388a31–1388b30Book III 15 ▸
Chapter 2 1404b1–1405b34Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2Chapter 19 1419b10–1420a8 -
Eudemian Ethics 59 ▸
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Topics 34 ▸
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Metaphysics 24 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Ζ 1 ▸
Chapter 12 1037b8–1038a35Book Θ 4 ▸
Book Λ 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4Book Μ 4 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 17 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 1 164a20–165a37Chapter 4 165b23–166b27Chapter 5 166b28–168a16Chapter 13 173a31–173b16Chapter 18 176b29–177a8Chapter 32 182a7–182b5 -
History of Animals 14 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 11 503a15–503b28Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 3 583a14–583b28Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 6 595a7–595b3 -
On the Heavens 13 ▸
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Generation of Animals 13 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book III 5 ▸
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Parts of Animals 13 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book III 5 ▸
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Physics 13 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 4 187a12–188a18Book II 4 ▸
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 7 207a33–208a4Book IV 5 ▸
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De Mundo 4 ▸
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On Memory 3 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 3 ▸
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De Audibilibus 2 ▸
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De Interpretatione 2 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 2 ▸
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Mechanica 2 ▸
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Categories 1 ▸
Open Categories ›Chapter 8 8b25–11a39 -
Progression of Animals 1 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 19 714b8–23
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