κίνησις
kinesis
motion
Appears 1,596 times across Aristotle's works.
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Physics 573 ▸
Open Physics ›Book II 17 ▸
Book III 39 ▸
Chapter 1 200b12–201b15Chapter 4 202b30–204a7Chapter 5 204a8–206a8Chapter 8 208a5–23Book IV 134 ▸
Chapter 1 208a27–209a30Chapter 2 209a31–210a13Chapter 5 212a31–213a11Chapter 11 218b21–220a26Chapter 12 220a27–222a9Book V 95 ▸
Chapter 1 224a21–225b9Chapter 2 225b10–226b17Chapter 4 227b3–229a6Book VI 67 ▸
Chapter 1 231a21–232a22Chapter 2 232a23–233b32Chapter 4 234b10–235b5Chapter 5 235b6–236b18Chapter 6 236b19–237b22Chapter 9 239b5–240b7Book VII 44 ▸
Chapter 1 241b34–243a31Chapter 3 245b3–248a9Book VIII 177 ▸
Chapter 1 250b11–252b6Chapter 5 256a4–258b9Chapter 6 258b10–260a19Chapter 7 260a20–261b26Chapter 8 261b27–265a12Chapter 9 265a13–266a9 -
Metaphysics 182 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 23 ▸
Book α 1 ▸
Chapter 2 994a1–994b31Book Β 10 ▸
Book Δ 26 ▸
Chapter 5 1015a20–1015b15Chapter 11 1018b9–1019a14Chapter 15 1020b26–1021b11Chapter 17 1022a4–13Chapter 20 1022b4–14Chapter 21 1022b15–21Book Ζ 8 ▸
Book Θ 24 ▸
Chapter 1 1045b27–1046a35Chapter 7 1048b37–1049b3Book Ι 10 ▸
Book Κ 48 ▸
Chapter 6 1062b12–1063b35Chapter 9 1065b5–1066a34Book Λ 21 ▸
Chapter 5 1070b36–1071b2Chapter 9 1074b15–1075a10Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4Book Μ 5 ▸
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On the Heavens 173 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 62 ▸
Chapter 1 268a1–268b10Chapter 2 268b11–269b17Chapter 6 273a7–274a29Chapter 7 274a30–276a17Book II 68 ▸
Chapter 5 287b22–288a12Chapter 9 290b12–291a28Chapter 10 291a29–291b10Chapter 11 291b11–23Book III 32 ▸
Chapter 2 300a20–302a9 -
Generation of Animals 101 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 21 ▸
Chapter 1 715a1–715b30Chapter 2 716a1–716b12Chapter 4 717a11–717b13Chapter 5 717b14–32Chapter 11 718b36–719a29Chapter 19 726a28–727b32Chapter 20 727b33–729a33Book II 28 ▸
Chapter 5 741a6–741b24Chapter 7 745b21–747a22Book IV 23 ▸
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De Anima 81 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 35 ▸
Chapter 1 402a1–403b19Chapter 3 405b31–407b26Book II 19 ▸
Chapter 1 412a3–413a10Chapter 5 416b32–418a6Chapter 11 422b17–424a16Chapter 12 424a17–424b18Book III 27 ▸
Chapter 12 434a22–435a10 -
Parts of Animals 44 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 39 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 15 ▸
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Meteorology 39 ▸
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Progression of Animals 38 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 1 704a4–704b11Chapter 2 704b12–705a2Chapter 3 705a3–25Chapter 9 708b20–709b19Chapter 10 709b20–710b4Chapter 19 714b8–23 -
Movement of Animals 35 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 2 698b8–699a11Chapter 7 701a7–701b32Chapter 8 701b33–702b11 -
Mechanica 27 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 4 850a30–850b9Chapter 8 851b6–852a13Chapter 21 854a16–31Chapter 27 857a22–33Chapter 34 858a23–858b3 -
Topics 24 ▸
Open Topics ›Book IV 14 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 20 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 13 1102a5–1103a10Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13 -
Sense and Sensibilia 20 ▸
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History of Animals 18 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 17 520a6–520b2Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 17 570a25–571b2Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 1 588a16–589a9 -
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 12 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 2 468a13–468b15Chapter 3 468b16–469a26Chapter 7 470b6–27Chapter 9 471a20–471b29Chapter 10 471b30–472b5Chapter 19 477a11–31Chapter 23 478b22–479a28Chapter 25 479b8–16Chapter 26 479b17–480a15Chapter 27 480a16–480b30 -
Eudemian Ethics 11 ▸
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Politics 10 ▸
Open Politics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1302a16–1302b4 -
De Lineis Insecabilibus 4 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 3 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 12 77a36–78a21 -
Poetics 3 ▸
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On Colours 1 ▸
Open On Colours ›Chapter 2 792a4–792b32 -
On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
Open On Length and Shortness of Life ›Chapter 3 465b1–32 -
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 2 975a18–977a13 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
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Oeconomica 1 ▸
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Chapter 3 1343b7–1344a7 -
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1 ▸
Open De Virtutibus et Vitiis ›Chapter 8 1251b26–37
Dictionary (LSJ)
κίνησις [ῑ], εως, ἡ, A. motion, opp. rest (στάσις), Pl. Sph. 250a; opp. ἠρεμία, Arist. Ph. 202a5, etc. 2. in Cyrenaic philos., λεία κ., = ἡδονή, τραχεῖα κ., = πόνος, D.L. 2.86; also αἱ διὰ μορφῆς κατʼ ὄψιν ἡδεῖαι κ. Epicur. Fr. 67; αἱ κ. αἱ ἀνθρωπικαί human emotions, Arr. Epict. 2.20.19. 3. dance, Ἄρεος κίνασις (sic) Tyrt. 16, cf. Luc. Salt. 63, Ephes. 2 No.71; τραγικὴ ἔνρυθμος κ. Inscr.Magn. 165. 4. movement, in a political sense, ἐν κ. εἶναι Th. 3.75, cf. Plb. 3.4.12; ἡ κ. ἡ Ἰουδαϊκή the Jewish revolt, OGI 543.15 (Ancyra, ii A.D.); of the Peloponn. war, Th. 1.1. 5. change, revolution, κινήσεις πολιτείας Arist. Pol. 1268b25. 6. movement of an army, Plb. 10.23.1 (pl.); πολεμικαὶ κ. Ael. Tact. 3.4, cf. Arr. Tact. 20.1. b. removal, change of abode, Vett.Val. 97.17 (pl.), al. 7. Gramm., inflexion, τοῦ ζῆμι κ. οὐχ εὕρηται EM 410.38. 8. in Law, punitive action, βασιλικὴ κ. Cod.Just. 1.3.43.10, cf. 10.27.2.7; also, setting a process in motion, PLond. 5.1663.13 (vi A.D.).
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