πανσπερμία

panspermia

mixture of all seeds

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 3 767a36–769b29

769a29
769b2
Sense and Sensibilia 2
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Chapter 4 440b26–442b26

441a6
441a18
On the Heavens 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 302b10–303b8

303a16
De Anima 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 403b20–405b30

404a4
On Generation and Corruption 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 314a1–315a25

314a29
Physics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 202b30–204a7

203a21

Dictionary (LSJ)

πανσπερμία, ἡ, A. mixture of all seeds (cf. πανοσπρία), Arist. GA 769a29,b2, Sosib. 20, Luc. Herm. 61, Alciphr. 3.14, Gp. 15.8.2: metaph., π. μύθων Plu. 2.348a. II. of the mixture of elements, in the systems of Anaxagoras and the atomists, ὡς οὖσαν τὴν φύσιν οἷον π. πάντων τῶν στοιχείων Arist. Cael. 303a16, cf. GC 314a29, Ph. 203a21; π. παντὶ θνητῷ γένει μηχανώμενος Pl. Ti. 73c; παθῶν π. τις ὁ θυμός Plu. 2.463a.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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