οὐσία
ousia
that which is oneʼs own, oneʼs substance, property
Appears 1,063 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 1,063× · before him 17 · contemporaries 568
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Metaphysics 603 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 36 ▸
Chapter 4 984b23–985b22Chapter 9 990a33–993a10Chapter 10 993a11–29Book Β 55 ▸
Chapter 5 1001b26–1002b11Book Γ 26 ▸
Chapter 2 1003a33–1005a18Chapter 6 1011a3–1011b22Chapter 7 1011b23–1012a28Book Δ 44 ▸
Chapter 1 1012b34–1013a23Chapter 7 1017a7–1017b9Chapter 15 1020b26–1021b11Chapter 16 1021b12–1022a3Chapter 17 1022a4–13Chapter 18 1022a14–36Chapter 24 1023a26–1023b11Chapter 30 1025a14–34Book Ζ 164 ▸
Chapter 2 1028b8–32Chapter 3 1028b33–1029a34Chapter 6 1031a15–1032a11Chapter 10 1034b20–1036a25Chapter 11 1036a26–1037b7Chapter 13 1038b1–1039a23Chapter 16 1040b5–1041a5Book Η 42 ▸
Chapter 1 1042a3–1042b8Chapter 3 1043a29–1044a14Book Θ 17 ▸
Book Ι 21 ▸
Book Κ 39 ▸
Chapter 2 1060a3–1060b30Chapter 6 1062b12–1063b35Book Λ 62 ▸
Chapter 8 1073a14–1074b14Book Μ 57 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16Chapter 7 1080b37–1082b37Book Ν 35 ▸
Chapter 2 1088b14–1090a15 -
Categories 83 ▸
Open Categories ›Chapter 5 2a11–4b19Chapter 6 4b20–6a35 -
Politics 65 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18Book II 28 ▸
Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19Book IV 13 ▸
Book V 15 ▸
Chapter 1 1301a19–1302a15Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25Chapter 9 1309a33–1310a38Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10Book VI 4 ▸
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Physics 64 ▸
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De Anima 35 ▸
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Topics 35 ▸
Open Topics ›Book V 8 ▸
Book VI 16 ▸
Chapter 1 139a24–139b18Chapter 2 139b19–140a22Chapter 5 142b20–143a28Chapter 8 146a36–147a11Chapter 12 149a29–149b39Chapter 13 150a1–151a19Chapter 14 151a20–151b24 -
Posterior Analytics 31 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 14 ▸
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Parts of Animals 31 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 27 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 19 ▸
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On the Heavens 19 ▸
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Generation of Animals 13 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 11 ▸
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De Mundo 4 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 4 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 3 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1217b1–1218b27 -
Sophistical Refutations 3 ▸
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Progression of Animals 2 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 2 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 2 ▸
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Oeconomica 2 ▸
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Rhetoric 2 ▸
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De Interpretatione 1 ▸
Open De Interpretatione ›Chapter 13 22a14–23a26 -
Movement of Animals 1 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 3 699a12–699b11 -
Poetics 1 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20
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