δέον
deon
there is need
Appears 56 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 56×
· before him 62 · contemporaries 369
Frequency by work
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Nicomachean Ethics 14 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1094a18–1094b10
Book II 2 ▸
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 11 1118b8–1119a20
Book IV 6 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17
Chapter 2 1122a18–1123a33
Book VII 2 ▸
Book IX 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1163b32–1164b21
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Topics 8 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 7 ▸
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Politics 5 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18
Book II 2 ▸
Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30
Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28
Book V 2 ▸
Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14
Chapter 12 1315b11–1316b27
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Prior Analytics 4 ▸
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On the Heavens 3 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 3 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 2 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 1 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 1 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
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On Memory 1 ▸
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Metaphysics 1 ▸
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Oeconomica 1 ▸
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Physics 1 ▸
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Rhetoric 1 ▸
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