ἰδέα
idea
form
Appears 196 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 196× · before him 26 · contemporaries 186
Frequency by work
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Metaphysics 107 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 11 ▸
Book Ζ 16 ▸
Book Θ 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1049b4–1051a3Book Μ 62 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16Chapter 4 1078b7–1079b11Chapter 7 1080b37–1082b37Chapter 8 1083a1–1085a2 -
Topics 18 ▸
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History of Animals 10 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 13 504b13–505b4Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 4 527b35–530a31Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3 -
On the Heavens 4 ▸
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Generation of Animals 3 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 8 757b31–758a25 -
De Lineis Insecabilibus 3 ▸
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Parts of Animals 3 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 1 639a1–642b4 -
Meteorology 2 ▸
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Physics 2 ▸
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Rhetoric 2 ▸
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De Anima 1 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 2 403b20–405b30 -
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 4 977b21–979a11
Dictionary (LSJ)
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Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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