ἐπί
epi
on, upon; in the case of; to, toward; and on; and in the case of
Appears 4,615 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 4,595× · before him 5,675 · contemporaries 9,178
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History of Animals 520 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 34 ▸
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28Chapter 6 490b7–491a26Chapter 7 491a27–491b8Chapter 8 491b9–13Chapter 13 493a17–493b1Book II 62 ▸
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4Chapter 2 501b5–13Chapter 5 501b29–502a2Book III 43 ▸
Chapter 7 516a8–516b30Chapter 9 517a6–517b2Chapter 10 517b3–20Chapter 12 518b35–519a29Chapter 16 519b26–520a5Chapter 17 520a6–520b2Book IV 44 ▸
Chapter 5 530a32–531a7Chapter 9 535a27–536b23Book V 67 ▸
Chapter 7 541b19–33Chapter 11 543b6–31Chapter 14 544b12–546b14Chapter 17 549a14–549b28Chapter 20 552b26–553a16Chapter 22 553b7–554b21Chapter 23 554b22–555a12Chapter 27 555a27–555b17Chapter 28 555b18–556a7Book VI 84 ▸
Chapter 5 563a5–16Chapter 6 563a17–563b13Chapter 24 577b19–578a5Chapter 27 578a17–24Chapter 30 579a18–30Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Chapter 35 580a11–31Chapter 36 580b1–9Chapter 37 580b10–581a5Book VII 46 ▸
Chapter 7 586a15–30Chapter 10 587a9–587b18Book VIII 38 ▸
Chapter 4 594a4–24Chapter 9 596a3–12Chapter 12 596b19–597b30Chapter 17 600a27–601a22Chapter 20 602b20–603a29Chapter 24 604a22–605a15Chapter 30 607b1–608a7Book IX 102 ▸
Chapter 10 614b18–30Chapter 16 616b12–18Chapter 18 616b33–617a10Chapter 21 617a23–27Chapter 22 617a28–617b5Chapter 23 617b6–15Chapter 28 617b31–618a7Chapter 29 618a8–30Chapter 33 619b13–17Chapter 40 623b5–627b22Chapter 43 629a29–629b4Chapter 44 629b5–630a17Chapter 45 630a18–630b17Chapter 47 630b31–631a7Chapter 49 631b5–18 -
Topics 420 ▸
Open Topics ›Showing 0 of 420 (list capped).
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Nicomachean Ethics 316 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 28 ▸
Chapter 2 1094a18–1094b10Chapter 5 1095b14–1096a10Chapter 8 1098b9–1099b8Chapter 9 1099b9–1100a9Book II 35 ▸
Book III 54 ▸
Chapter 1 1109b30–1111b3Chapter 4 1113a15–1113b2Chapter 5 1113b3–1115a5Book IV 41 ▸
Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10Book V 60 ▸
Chapter 5 1132b21–1134a16Chapter 9 1136a10–1137a30Book VI 7 ▸
Book VII 6 ▸
Book VIII 31 ▸
Chapter 2 1155b17–1156a5Chapter 4 1156b33–1157b4Chapter 12 1161b11–1162a33Chapter 14 1163a24–1163b28Book IX 23 ▸
Chapter 1 1163b32–1164b21Chapter 2 1164b22–1165a35Chapter 4 1166a1–1166b29Chapter 12 1171b29–1172a15Book X 31 ▸
Chapter 1 1172a19–1172b8Chapter 7 1177a12–1178a8 -
Physics 307 ▸
Open Physics ›Showing 0 of 307 (list capped).
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Metaphysics 278 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 17 ▸
Book α 8 ▸
Book Β 15 ▸
Book Γ 12 ▸
Book Δ 46 ▸
Chapter 3 1014a26–1014b15Chapter 5 1015a20–1015b15Chapter 23 1023a8–25Book Ε 19 ▸
Book Ζ 46 ▸
Chapter 1 1028a10–1028b7Chapter 4 1029b1–1030b13Chapter 13 1038b1–1039a23Chapter 14 1039a24–1039b19Chapter 16 1040b5–1041a5Book Η 6 ▸
Book Θ 19 ▸
Chapter 5 1047b31–1048a24Chapter 6 1048a25–1048b36Chapter 7 1048b37–1049b3Chapter 9 1051a4–33Book Ι 16 ▸
Book Κ 30 ▸
Chapter 5 1061b34–1062b11Chapter 11 1067b1–1068a7Book Λ 10 ▸
Book Μ 22 ▸
Chapter 3 1077b17–1078b6Chapter 8 1083a1–1085a2Chapter 9 1085a3–1086b13 -
Prior Analytics 234 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 125 ▸
Chapter 4 25b26–26b33Chapter 14 32b38–33b24Chapter 17 36b26–37b18Chapter 18 37b19–38a12Chapter 25 41b36–42b26Chapter 32 46b40–47b14Chapter 40 49b10–13Chapter 44 50a16–50b4Book II 109 ▸
Chapter 6 58b13–38Chapter 8 59b1–60a14Chapter 9 60a15–60b5Chapter 11 61a17–62a19Chapter 12 62a20–62b4Chapter 16 64b28–65a37 -
Generation of Animals 217 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 46 ▸
Chapter 2 716a1–716b12Chapter 4 717a11–717b13Chapter 5 717b14–32Chapter 7 718a17–34Chapter 8 718a35–718b26Chapter 13 719b29–720b1Chapter 23 730b33–731b14Book II 39 ▸
Chapter 3 736a24–737b7Book III 44 ▸
Chapter 4 755a6–35Chapter 6 756b13–757a13Chapter 8 757b31–758a25Book IV 47 ▸
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29Book V 41 ▸
Chapter 4 784a23–785a6 -
Posterior Analytics 198 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 115 ▸
Chapter 1 71a1–71b8Chapter 2 71b9–72b4Chapter 8 75b21–36Chapter 14 79a17–32Chapter 17 80b17–81a37Chapter 29 87b5–18Chapter 33 88b30–89b9Chapter 34 89b10–20Book II 83 ▸
Chapter 4 91a12–91b11Chapter 5 91b12–92a5Chapter 12 95a10–96a19Chapter 13 96a20–97b39 -
Rhetoric 184 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Showing 0 of 184 (list capped).
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On the Heavens 174 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 81 ▸
Chapter 4 270b32–271a33Chapter 10 279b4–280a34Book II 69 ▸
Chapter 7 289a11–35Chapter 13 293a15–296a23Book III 18 ▸
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Meteorology 173 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 38 ▸
Chapter 2 339a11–32Chapter 3 339a33–341a36Chapter 5 342a34–342b24Chapter 10 347a13–347b11Chapter 13 349a12–351a18Book II 51 ▸
Chapter 6 363a21–365a13Book III 66 ▸
Chapter 5 375b16–377a28Chapter 6 377a29–378b6 -
Parts of Animals 170 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Showing 0 of 170 (list capped).
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Physiognomonics 162 ▸
Open Physiognomonics ›Showing 0 of 162 (list capped).
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Mechanica 142 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 2 848b1–850a2Chapter 5 850b10–27Chapter 9 852a14–22Chapter 10 852a23–28Chapter 17 853a19–31Chapter 23 854b16–855a27Chapter 25 856a39–857a4Chapter 31 858a3–12Chapter 35 858b4–31 -
Politics 142 ▸
Open Politics ›Showing 0 of 142 (list capped).
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Eudemian Ethics 139 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 8 ▸
Book II 55 ▸
Chapter 2 1220a38–1220b20Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11Chapter 11 1227b12–1228a19Book III 27 ▸
Book VII 40 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14Chapter 7 1240b38–1241a33Chapter 9 1241b10–40 -
De Anima 89 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 12 ▸
Book II 53 ▸
Book III 24 ▸
Chapter 1 424b22–425b11Chapter 7 431a1–431b19 -
Categories 87 ▸
Open Categories ›Chapter 10 11b15–13b35Chapter 13 14b24–15a12 -
Sophistical Refutations 84 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Showing 0 of 84 (list capped).
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Progression of Animals 83 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 6 706b17–707a15Chapter 13 712a1–22Chapter 17 713b21–714a19 -
On Generation and Corruption 60 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 31 ▸
Chapter 1 314a1–315a25Book II 29 ▸
Chapter 3 330a30–331a6Chapter 7 334a15–334b29 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 57 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 1 830a5–25Chapter 2 830b5–10Chapter 31 832b17–20Chapter 37 833a9–14Chapter 38 833a15–18Chapter 40 833a20–22Chapter 52 834a23–30Chapter 56 834b4–6Chapter 63 835a15–21Chapter 64 835a22–25Chapter 81 836a24–836b12Chapter 86 837a12–23Chapter 89 837b8–15Chapter 96 838a15–26Chapter 98 838a34–838b2Chapter 100 838b12–29Showing 28 of 57 (list capped).
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De Interpretatione 48 ▸
Open De Interpretatione ›Chapter 3 16b6–25 -
Poetics 44 ▸
Open Poetics ›Showing 0 of 44 (list capped).
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On Colours 35 ▸
Open On Colours ›Chapter 4 794a16–794b11Chapter 5 794b12–797a32 -
Sense and Sensibilia 32 ▸
Open Sense and Sensibilia ›Showing 0 of 32 (list capped).
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 29 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 1 467b10–468a12Chapter 2 468a13–468b15Chapter 5 469b21–470a18Chapter 8 470b28–471a19Chapter 14 474a25–474b24Chapter 16 475b15–476a15Chapter 17 476a16–476b12Chapter 18 476b13–477a10 -
Oeconomica 29 ▸
Open Oeconomica ›Showing 0 of 29 (list capped).
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De Mundo 28 ▸
Open De Mundo ›Chapter 2 391b9–392b13 -
Movement of Animals 19 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 7 ▸
Open De Virtutibus et Vitiis ›Showing 0 of 7 (list capped).
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On Sleep 5 ▸
Open On Sleep ›Showing 0 of 5 (list capped).
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Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of
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