μανία

mania

madness

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book VII 3
Chapter 3 1146b8–1147b19

1147a17

Chapter 5 1148b15–1149a23

1148b25
1149a12
Physiognomonics 3
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Chapter 4 808b11–809a25

808b21
808b24
808b26
On Generation and Corruption 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 8 324b25–326b28

325a19
325a22
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33

1229b27
History of Animals 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 22 604a4–12

604a6
Poetics 1
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Chapter 17 1455a22–1455b23

1455b14

Dictionary (LSJ)

μανία (A), Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (μαίνομαι) A. madness, Hdt. 6.112, Hp. Aph. 7.5, S. Ant. 958 (lyr.), etc.; πολλὴν καταγνῶναι μ. τινῶν Isoc. 4.133; μέχρι μανίας ἡ σφοδρὰ ἡδονὴ κατέχουσα Pl. Phlb. 45e; μανίη νοῦσος Hdt. 6.75: freq. in pl., Lex Solonis ap.D. 46.14, Thgn. 1231, A. Pr. 879, 1057 (both anap.), etc. II. enthusiasm, inspired frenzy, μ. Διονύσου πάρα E. Ba. 305; ἀπὸ Μουσῶν κατοκωχή τε καὶ μ. Pl. Phdr. 245a; θεία μ., opp. σωφροσύνη ἀνθρωπίνη, ib.256b, cf. Prt. 323b, X. Mem. 1.1.16; τῆς φιλοσόφου μ. τε καὶ βακχείας Pl. Smp. 218b. III. passion, ἐρωτικὴ μ. Id. Phdr. 265b; μανίην μανεὶς ἀρίστην Anacreont. 59.2: freq. in pl., Pi. O. 9.39, N. 11.48, E. HF 835; ἐγγὺς μανιῶν ἐλαύνει Id. Heracl. 904 (lyr.); μανίη τινός mad desire for . . , Hermesian. 7.85.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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