ἡδονή
hedone
enjoyment, pleasure
Appears 496 times across Aristotle's works.
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Nicomachean Ethics 252 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 10 ▸
Chapter 4 1095a14–1095b13
Chapter 5 1095b14–1096a10
Chapter 6 1096a11–1097a14
Chapter 12 1101b10–1102a4
Book II 23 ▸
Chapter 5 1105b19–1106a13
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10
Chapter 8 1108b11–1109a19
Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26
Book III 16 ▸
Chapter 10 1117b23–1118b7
Chapter 11 1118b8–1119a20
Chapter 12 1119a21–1119b18
Book IV 8 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17
Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10
Chapter 6 1126b11–1127a12
Chapter 7 1127a13–1127b32
Book V 1 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30
Book VII 69 ▸
Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14
Chapter 5 1148b15–1149a23
Chapter 8 1150b29–1151a28
Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35
Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34
Book VIII 19 ▸
Chapter 8 1159a12–1159b24
Chapter 9 1159b25–1160a30
Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23
Book IX 9 ▸
Chapter 1 1163b32–1164b21
Chapter 5 1166b30–1167a21
Chapter 10 1170b20–1171a20
Chapter 12 1171b29–1172a15
Book X 96 ▸
Chapter 3 1173a13–1174a12
Chapter 4 1174a13–1175a20
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29
Chapter 6 1176a30–1177a11
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23
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Eudemian Ethics 70 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 13 ▸
Chapter 4 1215a20–1215b14
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25
Book II 20 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 2 1220a38–1220b20
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33
Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11
Book III 15 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30
Chapter 6 1233a31–1233b15
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14
Book VII 20 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 7 1240b38–1241a33
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
Book VIII 2 ▸
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Topics 49 ▸
Open Topics › Book I 4 ▸
Book II 8 ▸
Book III 23 ▸
Book IV 10 ▸
Book VI 3 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
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Rhetoric 28 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 20 ▸
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3
Book II 7 ▸
Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19
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Politics 23 ▸
Open Politics › Book II 4 ▸
Chapter 4 1262a25–1262b36
Chapter 5 1262b37–1264b25
Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14
Book VIII 18 ▸
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19
Chapter 6 1340b20–1341b14
Chapter 7 1341b15–1342b34
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Prior Analytics 15 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 12 ▸
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Generation of Animals 9 ▸
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History of Animals 7 ▸
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Poetics 7 ▸
Open Poetics › Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39
Chapter 14 1453b1–1454a15
Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6
Chapter 26 1461b26–1462b19
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Parts of Animals 6 ▸
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De Anima 4 ▸
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Metaphysics 4 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 1 ▸
Book Β 1 ▸
Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1026a33–1027a28
Book Λ 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1072a19–1073a13
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Physics 4 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 3 ▸
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On Dreams 1 ▸
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Physiognomonics 1 ▸
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On Sleep 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἡδονή, Dor. ἁδονά (or in Trag. chorus ἡδονά S. OT 1339), ἡ, (ἥδομαι) A. enjoyment, pleasure, first in Simon. 71, S.l.c., Hdt. 1.24, al.; prop. of sensual pleasures, αἱ τοῦ σώματος or περὶ τὸ σῶμα ἡ., X. HG 4.8.22,6.1.4; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἡ. Pl. R. 328d; σωματικαὶ ἡ. Arist. EN 1151a13; αἱ περὶ πότους καὶ περὶ ἐδωδὰς ἡ. Pl. R. 389e; but also ἀκοῆς ἡ. Th. 3.38; ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰδέναι ἡ. Pl. R. 582b; of malicious pleasure, ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς τῶν φίλων κακοῖς, ἐπὶ ταῖς λοιδορίαις ἡ., Id. Phlb. 50a, D. 18.138; ἡδονῇ ἡσσᾶσθαι, ἡδοναῖς χαρίζεσθαι, to give way to pleasure, Th. l.c., Pl. Lg. 727c; κότερα ἀληθείη χρήσομαι ἢ ἡδονῆ; shall I speak truly or so as to humour you? Hdt. 7.101; εἰ ὑμῖν ἡδονὴ τοῦ ἡγεμονεύειν ib.160; ἡ. εἰσέρχεταί τινι εἰ . . one feels pleasure at the thought that . . , Id. 1.24; ἡδονὴν ἔχειν τινός to be satisfied with . . , S. OC 1604; ἡδονὴν ἔχει, φέρει, Pherecr. 145.2, Alex. 263.6; ἡδονὴ ἰδέσθαι (like θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι), of a temple, Hdt. 2.137: with Preps. in Adv. sense, δαίμοσιν πρὸς ἡδονήν A. Pr. 494; ὃ μέν ἐστι πρὸς ἡ. D. 18.4; πρὸς ἡ. λέγειν to speak so as to please another, S. El. 921, Th. 2.65; δημηγορεῖν D. 4.38; οὐ πρὸς ἡ. οἱ ἦν τὰ ἀγγελλόμενα Hdt. 3.126; πάντα πρὸς ἡ. ἀκούοντας D. 8.34; later πρὸς ἡδονῆς εἶναί τινι Parth. 8.8, Lib. Or. 12.1; καθʼ ἡδονὴν κλύειν S. Tr. 197; καθʼ ἡδονήν [ἐστί] μοι c. inf., A. Pr. 263; καθʼ ἡ. τι δρᾶν, ποιεῖν, Th. 2.37,53; καθʼ ἡδονὰς τῷ δήμῳ τὰ πράγματα ἐνδιδόναι ib.65; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἐστί τινι it is a pleasure or delight to another, Hdt. 4.139; folld. by inf., E. IT 494; by acc. et inf., Hdt. 7.15; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἔχειν τινάς to take pleasure in them, Th. 3.9; ἐν ἡδονῇ ἄρχοντες, opp. οἱ λυπηροί, Id. 1.99; μεθʼ ἡδονῆς Id. 4.19; ὑφʼ ἡδονῆς S. Ant. 648, etc.; ὑπὸ τῆς ἡ. Alex. 24, 110.23: as dat. modi, ἡδονᾷ with pleasure, S. OT 1339 (lyr.), cf. Hdt. 2.137 (f.l.). 2. concrete, a pleasure, S. El. 873 (pl.), Ar. Nu. 1072 (pl.); ἡδοναὶ τραγημάτων sweetmeats, Sopat. 17. 3. Pl., desires after pleasure, pleasant lusts, X. Mem. 1.2.23, Ep.Tit. 3.3, al. II. in Ion. Philosophers, taste, flavour, usu. joined with χροιή, Diog.Apoll. 5, Anaxag. 4 (pl.), cf. Arist. PA 660b9, Thphr. HP 4.4.7, LXX Nu. 11.8, Eudem. ap. Ath. 9.369f, Mnesith. ap. eund.8.357f.
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