διάνοια
dianoia
thought
Appears 212 times across Aristotle's works.
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Metaphysics 32 ▸
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Book Β 1 ▸
Book Γ 4 ▸
Chapter 7 1011b23–1012a28
Book Δ 4 ▸
Chapter 1 1012b34–1013a23
Chapter 15 1020b26–1021b11
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Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23
Chapter 11 1036a26–1037b7
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Chapter 4 1070a31–1070b35
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Chapter 9 1074b15–1075a10
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Nicomachean Ethics 23 ▸
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Chapter 10 1117b23–1118b7
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Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13
Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33
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Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14
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Chapter 3 1165a36–1165b36
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Chapter 3 1173a13–1174a12
Chapter 4 1174a13–1175a20
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23
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Politics 22 ▸
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Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19
Chapter 11 1272b24–1273b26
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Chapter 11 1281a39–1282b13
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32
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Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32
Chapter 7 1327b20–1328a20
Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2
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Chapter 2 1337a33–1337b23
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19
Chapter 6 1340b20–1341b14
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Sophistical Refutations 16 ▸
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Poetics 14 ▸
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Physiognomonics 13 ▸
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Physics 12 ▸
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Rhetoric 12 ▸
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Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
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Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5
Book III 7 ▸
Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19
Chapter 10 1410b6–1411b21
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20
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De Anima 9 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 9 ▸
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Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33
Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1240b38–1241a33
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Topics 9 ▸
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History of Animals 7 ▸
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Parts of Animals 7 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 6 ▸
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Movement of Animals 4 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 3 ▸
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On the Heavens 3 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 2 ▸
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De Interpretatione 2 ▸
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On Memory 2 ▸
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De Mundo 1 ▸
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Generation of Animals 1 ▸
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On Dreams 1 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
διάνοια, ἡ, Aeol. διανοιΐα Alc. Supp. 1a.1 (nisi leg. διʼ ἀνοιΐα[ν]), poet. also διανοίᾱ acc. to Eust. 1679.29:—A. thought, i.e. intention, purpose, Hdt. 1.46,90, And. 4.35, etc.; τῇ διανοίᾳ in the spirit of his action, D. 21.219; ὤλοντʼ ἀσεβεῖ διανοίᾳ A. Th. 831 (lyr.); μαινόλις δ. Id. Supp. 109 (lyr.); εὔφρονος ἐκ δ. Id. Ag. 797 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 1013 (anap.); τοῦ ὑπαπιέναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχειν Th. 5.9; ἐπί τινι Isoc. 5.14; πρός τινι Anaxipp. 1.37; ἐπʼ ἄλλο τι . . τρέψαι τινὸς τὴν δ. Pl. Euthd. 275b; ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δ. with all oneʼs heart, Arr. Epict. 2.2.13; ἐχθροὺς τῇ δ. Ep.Col. 1.21. 2. thought, notion, Hdt. 2.169, Pl. Phd. 63d, Arist. Metaph. 986b10; ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς δ. D. 18.210. II. process of thinking, thought, ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος . . ἐπωνομάσθη δ. Pl. Sph. 263d; πᾶσα δ. ἢ πρακτικὴ ἢ ποιητικὴ ἢ θεωρητική Arist. Metaph. 1025b25; ταχίστη ἡ διανοίας κίνησις Id. LI 968a25; esp. discursive thought, opp. νόησις, Procl. Inst. 123. III. thinking faculty, intelligence, understanding, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν δ. οὖσαν Pl. R. 511d, al.; opp. σῶμα, Id. Lg. 916a, cf. R. 395b; ἔστιν ὥσπερ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς δ. γῆρας Arist. Pol. 1270b40; ἐπιτάττοντος τοῦ νοῦ καὶ λεγούσης τῆς δ. φεύγειν τι ἢ διώκειν Id. de An. 433a2; ἔκστασις διανοίας LXXDe. 28.28. IV. thought expressed, meaning of a word or passage, Pl. Ly. 205b, Phdr. 228d; τὰς τῶν ὀνομάτων δ. Id. Cra. 418a; τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει δ. Arist. de An. 404a17; ἡ φυσικὴ δ. τοῦ νόμου Aristeas171; so δ., opp. ῥητόν, spirit, opp. letter, Hermog. Stat. 2. V. intellectual capacity revealed in speech or action by the characters in drama, Arist. Po. 1450a6, b11, 1456a34, Rh. 1404a19, al. (Rare in Poetry.)
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