περί
peri
about, concerning; around
Appears 5,059 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 5,059× · before him 1,927 · contemporaries 9,787
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Politics 624 ▸
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History of Animals 579 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 25 ▸
Chapter 9 491b14–33Chapter 13 493a17–493b1Chapter 15 493b12–494b18Book II 33 ▸
Chapter 2 501b5–13Chapter 4 501b24–28Chapter 12 503b29–504b12Chapter 14 505b5–24Book III 66 ▸
Chapter 6 515b27–516a7Chapter 8 516b31–517a5Chapter 18 520b3–9Chapter 21 522b6–523a12Chapter 22 523a13–27Book IV 44 ▸
Chapter 5 530a32–531a7Chapter 11 537b22–538b24Book V 89 ▸
Chapter 1 538b28–539b16Chapter 20 552b26–553a16Chapter 21 553a17–553b6Chapter 23 554b22–555a12Chapter 26 555a22–26Chapter 32 557b1–31Book VI 107 ▸
Chapter 4 562b3–563a4Chapter 8 564a7–24Chapter 18 571b3–573b16Chapter 23 577a18–577b18Chapter 25 578a6–9Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Chapter 32 579b15–29Book VII 35 ▸
Chapter 1 581a9–582a33Chapter 2 582a34–583a13Chapter 5 585a29–585b4Chapter 6 585b5–586a14Chapter 7 586a15–30Book VIII 75 ▸
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27Chapter 6 595a7–595b3Chapter 7 595b4–21Chapter 18 601a23–601b8Chapter 29 607a9–34Book IX 105 ▸
Chapter 2 610b1–19Chapter 5 611a15–611b31Chapter 6 611b32–612b17Chapter 10 614b18–30Chapter 16 616b12–18Chapter 17 616b19–32Chapter 22 617a28–617b5Chapter 25 617b19–22Chapter 28 617b31–618a7Chapter 29 618a8–30Chapter 38 622b19–26Chapter 43 629a29–629b4Chapter 44 629b5–630a17Chapter 45 630a18–630b17Chapter 46 630b18–30Chapter 49 631b5–18 -
Nicomachean Ethics 524 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 50 ▸
Chapter 7 1097a15–1098b8Chapter 9 1099b9–1100a9Book II 58 ▸
Chapter 3 1104b3–1105a16Chapter 5 1105b19–1106a13Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26Book III 85 ▸
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28Chapter 10 1117b23–1118b7Chapter 12 1119a21–1119b18Book IV 65 ▸
Chapter 2 1122a18–1123a33Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35Chapter 6 1126b11–1127a12Book V 33 ▸
Chapter 7 1134b18–1135a14Book VI 74 ▸
Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30Chapter 7 1141a9–1141b22Book VII 71 ▸
Chapter 3 1146b8–1147b19Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14Chapter 8 1150b29–1151a28Chapter 10 1152a6–36Book VIII 14 ▸
Book IX 32 ▸
Chapter 4 1166a1–1166b29Chapter 5 1166b30–1167a21Book X 42 ▸
Chapter 2 1172b9–1173a12 -
Metaphysics 471 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 84 ▸
Chapter 8 988b22–990a32Book Β 56 ▸
Chapter 1 995a24–996a17Chapter 2 996a18–998a19Chapter 6 1002b12–1003a17Book Γ 65 ▸
Chapter 2 1003a33–1005a18Chapter 3 1005a19–1005b34Chapter 4 1005b35–1009a5Chapter 5 1009a6–1011a2Chapter 6 1011a3–1011b22Book Δ 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1015b16–1017a6Book Ε 32 ▸
Book Ζ 31 ▸
Chapter 2 1028b8–32Chapter 5 1030b14–1031a14Chapter 6 1031a15–1032a11Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23Chapter 15 1039b20–1040b4Chapter 17 1041a6–1041b33Book Η 13 ▸
Book Θ 25 ▸
Book Ι 9 ▸
Book Κ 63 ▸
Chapter 1 1059a18–1060a2Chapter 9 1065b5–1066a34Book Λ 14 ▸
Book Μ 63 ▸
Chapter 4 1078b7–1079b11Chapter 5 1079b12–1080a11 -
Rhetoric 432 ▸
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Parts of Animals 293 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Showing 0 of 293 (list capped).
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Generation of Animals 289 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 72 ▸
Chapter 6 717b33–718a16Chapter 12 719a30–719b28Chapter 14 720b2–14Chapter 15 720b15–721a1Chapter 17 721a30–721b35Book II 53 ▸
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20Book III 64 ▸
Chapter 3 754a21–755a5Chapter 10 759a8–761a11Book IV 53 ▸
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26Chapter 2 766b27–767a35Book V 47 ▸
Chapter 5 785a7–785b15Chapter 6 785b16–786b6 -
Meteorology 271 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 115 ▸
Chapter 3 339a33–341a36Chapter 5 342a34–342b24Chapter 7 344a5–345a10Chapter 8 345a11–346b15Chapter 13 349a12–351a18Book II 68 ▸
Chapter 2 354b1–356b3Chapter 3 356b4–359b26Chapter 7 365a14–365b20Showing 183 of 271 (list capped).
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Eudemian Ethics 221 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 43 ▸
Book II 58 ▸
Chapter 2 1220a38–1220b20Chapter 6 1222b15–1223a20Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11Book III 77 ▸
Chapter 2 1230a34–1231b4Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30Book VII 32 ▸
Chapter 5 1239b3–1240a4Chapter 9 1241b10–40Chapter 11 1244a1–36 -
On the Heavens 179 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 43 ▸
Chapter 4 270b32–271a33Chapter 11 280b1–281a27Book II 85 ▸
Chapter 8 289b1–290b11Chapter 11 291b11–23Chapter 13 293a15–296a23Book III 23 ▸
Book IV 28 ▸
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Physics 151 ▸
Open Physics ›Showing 0 of 151 (list capped).
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De Anima 117 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 44 ▸
Chapter 1 402a1–403b19Book II 48 ▸
Chapter 12 424a17–424b18Book III 25 ▸
Chapter 6 430a26–430b30Chapter 8 431b20–432a14Chapter 10 433a9–433b30Chapter 11 433b31–434a21Chapter 12 434a22–435a10 -
Topics 104 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 89 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 66 ▸
Chapter 2 315a26–317a31Book II 23 ▸
Chapter 8 334b30–335a23Chapter 11 337a34–338b19 -
Sense and Sensibilia 65 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 63 ▸
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Physiognomonics 59 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 57 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 56 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 41 ▸
Chapter 1 71a1–71b8Chapter 7 75a38–75b20Chapter 8 75b21–36 -
Poetics 55 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 49 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 5 469b21–470a18Chapter 6 470a19–470b5Chapter 14 474a25–474b24Chapter 16 475b15–476a15Chapter 19 477a11–31Chapter 20 477a32–478a10Chapter 22 478a26–478b21Chapter 26 479b17–480a15 -
Prior Analytics 39 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 29 ▸
Chapter 3 25a27–25b25Chapter 23 40b17–41b5Chapter 26 42b27–43a19Chapter 29 45a23–46a2Chapter 33 47b15–39 -
Movement of Animals 27 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 2 698b8–699a11Chapter 3 699a12–699b11Chapter 5 700a26–700b3Chapter 9 702b12–703a3Chapter 10 703a4–703b2 -
Oeconomica 27 ▸
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Mechanica 22 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 4 850a30–850b9Chapter 8 851b6–852a13Chapter 13 852b11–21Chapter 14 852b22–28Chapter 15 852b29–853a4Chapter 35 858b4–31 -
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 21 ▸
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On Sleep 19 ▸
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Progression of Animals 17 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 2 704b12–705a2Chapter 4 705a26–706a25Chapter 6 706b17–707a15Chapter 7 707a16–708a8Chapter 9 708b20–709b19Chapter 11 710b5–711a7 -
De Lineis Insecabilibus 4 ▸
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Ventorum Situs 1 ▸
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Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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