δύναμις
dynamis
power, might
Appears 1,066 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 1,066× · before him 250 · contemporaries 1,230
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Metaphysics 214 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Γ 3 ▸
Book Δ 38 ▸
Chapter 10 1018a20–1018b8Chapter 12 1019a15–1020a6Chapter 13 1020a7–32Chapter 19 1022b1–3Chapter 26 1023b26–1024a10Book Ζ 11 ▸
Book Η 16 ▸
Book Θ 79 ▸
Chapter 1 1045b27–1046a35Chapter 8 1049b4–1051a3Book Κ 14 ▸
Book Λ 23 ▸
Chapter 4 1070a31–1070b35Chapter 7 1072a19–1073a13Book Μ 4 ▸
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Physics 106 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 7 ▸
Book III 30 ▸
Chapter 4 202b30–204a7Chapter 8 208a5–23Book IV 18 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 1 224a21–225b9Book VIII 40 ▸
Chapter 6 258b10–260a19Chapter 7 260a20–261b26 -
Generation of Animals 96 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 21 ▸
Book II 39 ▸
Chapter 2 735a29–736a23Chapter 7 745b21–747a22Book III 7 ▸
Book IV 23 ▸
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Politics 86 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 5 ▸
Book III 14 ▸
Book IV 10 ▸
Book V 21 ▸
Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32Book VI 6 ▸
Book VII 20 ▸
Chapter 2 1324a5–1325a15Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2Chapter 17 1336a3–1337a7 -
De Anima 81 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 47 ▸
Chapter 8 419b4–421a6Chapter 9 421a7–422a7Book III 30 ▸
Chapter 12 434a22–435a10 -
On the Heavens 53 ▸
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Rhetoric 52 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 30 ▸
Chapter 3 1358a36–1359a29Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3Chapter 14 1374b24–1375a21Book II 20 ▸
Chapter 2 1378a30–1380a9Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19Chapter 9 1386b8–1387b21Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5 -
Parts of Animals 45 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 8 ▸
Book II 23 ▸
Chapter 2 647b10–649b8Chapter 5 651a20–651b19Chapter 6 651b20–652a23Chapter 10 655b28–657a11Chapter 16 658b27–660a13Chapter 17 660a14–661a30Book III 6 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 42 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 29 ▸
Chapter 8 324b25–326b28Chapter 9 326b29–327a29 -
Nicomachean Ethics 40 ▸
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Meteorology 39 ▸
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Topics 36 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 25 ▸
Open Sense and Sensibilia ›Chapter 7 448a28–449b4 -
Eudemian Ethics 23 ▸
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Movement of Animals 15 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 12 ▸
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On Dreams 4 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 4 ▸
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On Sleep 4 ▸
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On Colours 3 ▸
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De Audibilibus 2 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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Oeconomica 2 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 3 977a14–977b20 -
On Memory 1 ▸
Open On Memory ›Chapter 2 451a18–453b11 -
Physiognomonics 1 ▸
Open Physiognomonics ›Chapter 4 808b11–809a25
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