ὄργανον
organon
instrument, implement, tool, for making or doing
Appears 167 times across Aristotle's works.
rare before Aristotle — in Aristotle 167× · before him 4 · contemporaries 112
Frequency by work
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Politics 31 ▸
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Generation of Animals 29 ▸
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Parts of Animals 20 ▸
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De Anima 12 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book II 6 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 8 ▸
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On the Heavens 4 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 2 300a20–302a9 -
Topics 4 ▸
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Metaphysics 3 ▸
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Meteorology 3 ▸
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Physics 3 ▸
Open Physics ›Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 7 260a20–261b26 -
On Generation and Corruption 2 ▸
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Movement of Animals 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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De Mundo 1 ▸
Open De Mundo ›Chapter 6 397b7–401a11 -
Progression of Animals 1 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 15 712b22–713a25 -
De Interpretatione 1 ▸
Open De Interpretatione ›Chapter 4 16b26–17a7 -
On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
Open On Length and Shortness of Life ›Chapter 6 467a6–467b9
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Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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