μέσος
mesos
middle, in the middle
Appears 762 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 762× · before him 384 · contemporaries 452
Frequency by work
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Prior Analytics 143 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 75 ▸
Chapter 8 29b29–30a14Chapter 13 32a15–32b37Chapter 15 33b25–35b22Chapter 20 39a4–39b6Chapter 22 40a4–40b16Chapter 23 40b17–41b5Chapter 26 42b27–43a19Book II 68 ▸
Chapter 3 55b3–56b3Chapter 8 59b1–60a14Chapter 12 62a20–62b4Chapter 13 62b5–28Chapter 17 65a38–66a15Chapter 22 67b27–68b7 -
On the Heavens 115 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 31 ▸
Chapter 1 268a1–268b10Book II 60 ▸
Chapter 2 284b6–286a2Chapter 3 286a3–286b9Chapter 12 291b24–293a14Chapter 13 293a15–296a23 -
Posterior Analytics 99 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 47 ▸
Chapter 9 75b37–76a30Chapter 14 79a17–32Chapter 32 88a18–88b29Book II 52 ▸
Chapter 4 91a12–91b11Chapter 5 91b12–92a5Chapter 9 93b21–28Chapter 18 99b9–14 -
Nicomachean Ethics 69 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book II 29 ▸
Chapter 5 1105b19–1106a13Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27Book IV 12 ▸
Book V 19 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1159a12–1159b24Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1172a19–1172b8 -
History of Animals 49 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 16 ▸
Book II 3 ▸
Book III 5 ▸
Book IV 8 ▸
Book VI 5 ▸
Book VIII 4 ▸
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Politics 36 ▸
Open Politics ›Book IV 25 ▸
Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12Chapter 13 1297a14–1297b34Book V 5 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1318b6–1319b29 -
Eudemian Ethics 29 ▸
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Parts of Animals 28 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book III 16 ▸
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Physics 24 ▸
Open Physics ›Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 2 243a32–245b2 -
Topics 24 ▸
Open Topics ›Book VI 8 ▸
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Mechanica 23 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 1 847a11–848a37Chapter 15 852b29–853a4Chapter 25 856a39–857a4Chapter 27 857a22–33 -
Metaphysics 16 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Δ 1 ▸
Chapter 26 1023b26–1024a10Book Η 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1044a15–1044b20Book Κ 5 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 14 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 4 469a27–469b20Chapter 14 474a25–474b24Chapter 22 478a26–478b21Chapter 23 478b22–479a28Chapter 24 479a29–479b7Chapter 27 480a16–480b30 -
Progression of Animals 4 ▸
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Movement of Animals 4 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 4 ▸
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De Anima 3 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 3 405b31–407b26Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 11 422b17–424a16Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 12 434a22–435a10 -
De Lineis Insecabilibus 3 ▸
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Physiognomonics 3 ▸
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Poetics 3 ▸
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Rhetoric 3 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1359a30–1360b3 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 2 ▸
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De Audibilibus 1 ▸
Open De Audibilibus ›Chapter 1 800a1–804b39 -
On Memory 1 ▸
Open On Memory ›Chapter 2 451a18–453b11 -
On Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Sleep ›Chapter 2 455a4–456a29
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