νόημα

noema

that which is perceived, perception, thought

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

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De Anima 5
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Book I 1
Chapter 3 405b31–407b26

407a7
Book III 4
Chapter 6 430a26–430b30

430a28

Chapter 7 431a1–431b19

431b7

Chapter 8 431b20–432a14

432a11
432a12
Metaphysics 3
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Book Α 1
Chapter 9 990a33–993a10

990b25
Book Γ 1
Chapter 5 1009a6–1011a2

1009b25
Book Μ 1
Chapter 4 1078b7–1079b11

1079a21
De Interpretatione 2
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Chapter 1 16a1–18

16a10
16a14
On Memory 2
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Chapter 1 449b4–451a17

450b29
451a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

νόημα, ατος, τό, Ion. νῶμα Emp. 110.10 (but νόημα 105.3): (νοέω):—A. that which is perceived, perception, thought, τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι, ὡς εἰ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημα Od. 7.36 (cf. ὀξύτερον νοήματος Lib. Or. 59.148; ἅμα νοήματι ‘in the twinkling of an eye’, Epicur. Ep. 1p.11U.: hence ἡ ἅμα ν. περίοδος lightning survey, ib.p.32 U., cf. Phld. Mort. 37, Plu. Alex. 35); ν. φρενός Ar. Nu. 704 (lyr.). 2. thought, purpose, idea, design, τοιοῦτον ἐνὶ στήθεσσι νόημα Od. 13.330; Ζεὺς . . ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα ποίησʼ 14.273; νοήματα . . ἐκτελέει Il. 10.104, cf. Alc. 77, Pi. P. 6.29; σοφώτατα νοήματα Id. O. 7.72; οὐκ οἶδʼ ὄττι θέω· δίχα μοι τὰ ν. Sapph. 36; ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐωθότων ν. στῆσαί τινα Hdt. 3.80; τὸ μὲν ν. τῆς θεοῦ, τὸ δὲ κλέμμʼ ἐμόν Ar. Eq. 1203, cf. Nu. 743. 3. in Philos., thought, concept, opp. sensation, sense-presentation, Parm. 8.34, etc.; φύσει διῄρηται τά τε ν. καὶ τὰ αἰσθήματα Arist. Fr. 87; σύνθεσίς τις νοημάτων Id. de An. 430a28; discursive thinking, as the function of διάνοια, Herm. ap. Stob. 2.8.31. 4. Rhet., thought as expressed in literary form, D.H. Amm. 2.24, Longin. 12.1. II. understanding, mind, παρέπλαγξεν δὲ νόημα Od. 20.346, cf. Il. 19.218, Thgn. 435, Emp. 110.10; αἷμα γὰρ ἀνθρώποις περικάρδιόν ἐστι ν. Id. 105.3; θεὸς . . οὔ τι δέμας θνητοῖσιν ὁμοίιος οὐδὲ ν. Xenoph. 23.2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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