κακία
kakia
badness
Appears 118 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Nicomachean Ethics 47 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book II 10 ▸
Chapter 5 1105b19–1106a13
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10
Chapter 8 1108b11–1109a19
Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26
Book III 9 ▸
Book IV 3 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17
Chapter 2 1122a18–1123a33
Book V 7 ▸
Chapter 11 1138a4–1138b14
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30
Book VII 14 ▸
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20
Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14
Chapter 5 1148b15–1149a23
Chapter 8 1150b29–1151a28
Book VIII 2 ▸
Chapter 7 1158b11–1159a11
Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9
Book IX 1 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 16 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book II 12 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 6 1222b15–1223a20
Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11
Chapter 11 1227b12–1228a19
Book III 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14
Book VIII 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1246a26–1246b36
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Rhetoric 13 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 7 ▸
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23
Book II 5 ▸
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15
Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 11 ▸
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Physics 10 ▸
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Topics 7 ▸
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Politics 4 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 1 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19
Book III 1 ▸
Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12
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Metaphysics 3 ▸
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Poetics 3 ▸
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Categories 2 ▸
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History of Animals 1 ▸
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Oeconomica 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
κακία, ἡ, (κακός) A. badness in quality, opp. ἀρετή (excellence), Thgn. 322, S. OT 512 (lyr.), Pl. Smp. 181e, R. 348c, etc.; κακίᾳ ἡνιόχων by their incapacity, Id. Phdr. 248b: pl., κακίαι defects, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 6. 2. cowardice, faint-heartedness, Th. 2.87, Pl. R. 556d; κ. καὶ ἀνανδρία Id. Cri. 46a. 3. moral badness, vice, μετʼ ἀρετῆς ἀλλʼ οὐ μετὰ κακίας And. 1.56; ἡ ἀρετή, ὡσαύτως δὲ . . καὶ ἡ κ. Pl. Men. 72a, etc.; personified in the Fable of Prodicus, X. Mem. 2.1.26: pl., περὶ κακιῶν, title of treatise by Philodemus. 4. Philos., Evil, ὕλη κακίας αἰτία Plot. 1.8.14. II. ill-repute, dishonour, κ. ἀντιλαβεῖν Th. 3.58. 2. hurt, damage done or suffered, LXX 1 Ki. 6.9, 1 Ma. 7.23, Ev.Matt. 6.34.
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