εὕρεσις

heuresis

a finding, discovery

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book III 2
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14

1112a27
1112b19
Book VII 1
Chapter 3 1146b8–1147b19

1146b8
De Anima 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 413a11–414a28

413a19
Metaphysics 1
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Book Β 1
Chapter 2 996a18–998a19

996b21
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 133 843b15–844a5

843b25

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὕρεσις, εως, ἡ, A. a finding, discovery, Pl. R. 336e, Cra. 436a; οὐχ εὕ. τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, ἀλλʼ ἀφαίρεσις Men. Epit. 102. II. of writings, invention, conception, παρασκευήν, ἣν οἱ παλαιοὶ καλοῦσιν εὕρεσιν, opp. χρῆσις, D.H. Dem. 51, cf. Stoic. 2.96.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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