διά
dia
through; because of
Appears 5,825 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 5,825× · before him 1,823 · contemporaries 6,463
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Generation of Animals 538 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 105 ▸
Chapter 2 716a1–716b12Chapter 3 716b13–717a10Chapter 10 718b32–35Chapter 16 721a2–29Chapter 18 722a1–726a27Chapter 23 730b33–731b14Book II 116 ▸
Chapter 1 731b18–735a28Chapter 4 737b8–741a5Chapter 6 741b25–745b20Chapter 7 745b21–747a22Book III 85 ▸
Chapter 1 749a10–752a8Chapter 2 752a9–754a20Book IV 125 ▸
Chapter 3 767a36–769b29Chapter 4 769b30–773a29Chapter 5 773a30–774b4Chapter 6 774b5–775b24Chapter 9 777a28–31Book V 107 ▸
Chapter 1 778a16–781a13Chapter 3 781b30–784a22Chapter 7 786b7–788b2 -
Politics 497 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 453 ▸
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Book II 18 ▸
Chapter 4 1105a17–1105b18Chapter 5 1105b19–1106a13Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26Book III 83 ▸
Chapter 1 1109b30–1111b3Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14Chapter 4 1113a15–1113b2Chapter 6 1115a6–1115b6Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28Chapter 9 1117a29–1117b22Book IV 35 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17Chapter 4 1125b1–25Book V 35 ▸
Chapter 5 1132b21–1134a16Book VI 17 ▸
Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13Chapter 3 1139b14–36Chapter 11 1143a19–1143b17Book VII 94 ▸
Chapter 2 1145b21–1146b7Chapter 7 1150a9–1150b28Chapter 9 1151a29–1152a5Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35Book VIII 53 ▸
Chapter 1 1155a3–1155b16Chapter 3 1156a6–1156b32Chapter 4 1156b33–1157b4Chapter 5 1157b5–36Chapter 9 1159b25–1160a30Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9Book IX 35 ▸
Chapter 7 1167b17–1168a27Book X 37 ▸
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Parts of Animals 440 ▸
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Meteorology 392 ▸
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History of Animals 384 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 27 ▸
Chapter 13 493a17–493b1Book II 19 ▸
Book III 53 ▸
Chapter 3 512b12–514a22Chapter 7 516a8–516b30Chapter 9 517a6–517b2Chapter 12 518b35–519a29Chapter 13 519a30–519b6Chapter 17 520a6–520b2Chapter 20 521b4–522b5Chapter 21 522b6–523a12Book IV 22 ▸
Book V 32 ▸
Chapter 1 538b28–539b16Chapter 2 539b17–540a26Chapter 9 542b17–543a13Chapter 15 546b15–548a21Chapter 29 556a8–13Chapter 30 556a14–556b20Chapter 31 556b21–557a32Chapter 32 557b1–31Book VI 66 ▸
Chapter 3 561a4–562b2Chapter 5 563a5–16Chapter 7 563b14–564a6Chapter 12 566b2–567a16Chapter 15 569a10–570a2Chapter 23 577a18–577b18Chapter 28 578a25–578b5Chapter 32 579b15–29Book VII 19 ▸
Chapter 3 583a14–583b28Chapter 10 587a9–587b18Chapter 11 587b19–588a2Book VIII 69 ▸
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27Chapter 4 594a4–24Chapter 6 595a7–595b3Chapter 21 603a30–604a3Chapter 26 605a23–605b5Book IX 77 ▸
Chapter 3 610b20–611a4Chapter 4 611a5–14Chapter 6 611b32–612b17Chapter 7 612b18–613b5Chapter 11 614b31–615a19Chapter 12 615a20–615b18Chapter 13 615b19–616a13Chapter 14 616a14–34Chapter 17 616b19–32Chapter 23 617b6–15Chapter 28 617b31–618a7Chapter 40 623b5–627b22 -
Prior Analytics 380 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 216 ▸
Chapter 8 29b29–30a14Chapter 10 30b7–31a17Chapter 23 40b17–41b5Chapter 26 42b27–43a19Chapter 29 45a23–46a2Chapter 33 47b15–39Chapter 36 48a40–49a5Chapter 43 50a11–15Chapter 45 50b5–51b4Book II 164 ▸
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Rhetoric 325 ▸
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Metaphysics 277 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 234 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 156 ▸
Chapter 7 75a38–75b20Chapter 9 75b37–76a30Chapter 13 78a22–79a16Chapter 15 79a33–79b22Chapter 23 84b3–85a12Chapter 28 87a38–87b4Book II 78 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 223 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 29 ▸
Chapter 2 1214b6–27Chapter 6 1216b26–1217a17Book II 46 ▸
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26Chapter 5 1222a6–1222b14Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11Book III 48 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14Book VII 70 ▸
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Topics 205 ▸
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Physics 199 ▸
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On the Heavens 170 ▸
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Book II 99 ▸
Chapter 5 287b22–288a12Chapter 10 291a29–291b10Chapter 12 291b24–293a14Chapter 13 293a15–296a23Book III 25 ▸
Chapter 2 300a20–302a9Chapter 4 302b10–303b8Chapter 6 304b23–305a32Book IV 30 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 126 ▸
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De Anima 124 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 35 ▸
Chapter 2 403b20–405b30Book II 54 ▸
Chapter 3 414a29–415a13Book III 35 ▸
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Mechanica 88 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 82 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 39 ▸
Chapter 1 314a1–315a25Chapter 6 322b1–323a34Chapter 8 324b25–326b28Chapter 10 327a30–328b22Book II 43 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 74 ▸
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On Colours 71 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 68 ▸
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Poetics 67 ▸
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De Audibilibus 61 ▸
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Progression of Animals 51 ▸
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De Mundo 44 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 40 ▸
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Movement of Animals 35 ▸
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Oeconomica 24 ▸
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On Memory 22 ▸
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On Sleep 22 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 21 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 11 ▸
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Physiognomonics 9 ▸
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De Interpretatione 4 ▸
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Ventorum Situs 3 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2 ▸
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