ἐπιθυμία
epithymia
desire, yearning
Appears 189 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 189× · before him 17 · contemporaries 300
Frequency by work
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Nicomachean Ethics 54 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book III 19 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1130a14–1131a9Book VII 29 ▸
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20Book IX 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1168a28–1169b2 -
Eudemian Ethics 43 ▸
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Rhetoric 28 ▸
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Topics 14 ▸
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Movement of Animals 4 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 4 ▸
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Generation of Animals 3 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 5 773a30–774b4 -
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 3 ▸
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Prior Analytics 2 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 2 ▸
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On Dreams 1 ▸
Open On Dreams ›Chapter 2 459a23–460b27 -
Metaphysics 1 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 1 ▸
Chapter 4 984b23–985b22 -
On Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Sleep ›Chapter 1 453b11–455a3
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