ἐξωτερικός

exoterikos

external, belonging to the outside

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

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Politics 7
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1254a17–1255a2

1254a33
Book II 1
Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23

1272b19
Book III 1
Chapter 6 1278b6–1279a21

1278b31
Book VII 4
Chapter 1 1323a14–1324a4

1323a22
1323b25

Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32

1325b22
1325b29
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 8 1217b1–1218b27

1217b22
Book II 1
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37

1218b34
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 1102a5–1103a10

1102a26
Book VI 1
Chapter 4 1140a1–23

1140a3
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 6 785b16–786b6

786a26
Metaphysics 1
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Book Μ 1
Chapter 1 1076a8–37

1076a28
Physics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 10 217b29–218b20

217b31

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξωτερικός, ή, όν, opp. ἐσωτερικός, A. external, belonging to the outside, τὰ ἐ. the exterior members, such as hands and feet, Arist. GA 786a26; ἐ. ἀρχή foreign dominion, Id. Pol. 1272b19; ἐ. πράξεις external activities, ib.1325b22; ἐ. ἀγαθά ib.1323b25; οἱ ἐ. persons outside the Pythagorean school, Iamb. VP 32.226. II. οἱ ἐ. λόγοι popular arguments or treatises, opp. οἱ κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν, Arist. EE 1217b22, Pol. 1278b31, Metaph. 1076a28, EN 1102a26, al.; ταῦτα -κωτέρας σκέψεως Id. Pol. 1254a33; ἐ. λόγοι, opp. ἀκροαματικοί or ἐσωτερικοί (q. v.), Gell. 20.5.2; ἐ. διάλογοι, opp. τὰ ἠθικά, τὰ φυσικὰ ὑπομνήματα, Plu. 2.1115b; cf. ἐσωτερικός.

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