χρή
chre
it is necessary
Appears 117 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 117× · before him 630 · contemporaries 2,679
Frequency by work
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Politics 31 ▸
Open Politics ›Book III 4 ▸
Book VII 14 ▸
Chapter 1 1323a14–1324a4Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19Chapter 7 1327b20–1328a20Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18Chapter 12 1331a19–1331b23Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28Chapter 17 1336a3–1337a7 -
Meteorology 11 ▸
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Metaphysics 8 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 7 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36 -
Eudemian Ethics 4 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 4 ▸
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Parts of Animals 4 ▸
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Prior Analytics 3 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 19 66a25–66b3 -
Poetics 3 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 3 ▸
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On the Heavens 2 ▸
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De Mundo 2 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 1 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 13 96a20–97b39 -
On Colours 1 ▸
Open On Colours ›Chapter 6 797a33–799b20 -
De Interpretatione 1 ▸
Open De Interpretatione ›Chapter 12 21a34–22a13 -
Physiognomonics 1 ▸
Open Physiognomonics ›Chapter 4 808b11–809a25 -
Sense and Sensibilia 1 ▸
Open Sense and Sensibilia ›Chapter 4 440b26–442b26
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