φημί
phemi
say, affirm, assert
Appears 1,517 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 1,517× · before him 2,166 · contemporaries 8,369
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Metaphysics 181 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 46 ▸
Chapter 1 980a21–982a3Chapter 2 982a4–983a23Chapter 10 993a11–29Book α 1 ▸
Chapter 2 994a1–994b31Book Β 13 ▸
Book Γ 21 ▸
Book Δ 20 ▸
Chapter 2 1013a24–1014a25Chapter 8 1017b10–26Chapter 25 1023b12–25Chapter 29 1024b17–1025a13Book Ζ 15 ▸
Chapter 1 1028a10–1028b7Chapter 4 1029b1–1030b13Chapter 5 1030b14–1031a14Chapter 11 1036a26–1037b7Chapter 13 1038b1–1039a23Chapter 14 1039a24–1039b19Book Θ 3 ▸
Book Ι 6 ▸
Book Κ 9 ▸
Book Λ 10 ▸
Book Μ 23 ▸
Chapter 3 1077b17–1078b6Chapter 9 1085a3–1086b13 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 155 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 2 830b5–10Chapter 5 830b23–831a3Chapter 6 831a4–10Chapter 7 831a11–14Chapter 8 831a15–18Chapter 10 831a22–26Chapter 12 831b1–4Chapter 13 831b5–9Chapter 14 831b10–13Chapter 15 831b14–17Chapter 17 831b20–21Chapter 18 831b22–24Chapter 20 832a1–2Chapter 24 832a18–21Chapter 26 832a23–25Chapter 28 832a31–832b3Chapter 29 832b4–6Chapter 30 832b7–16Chapter 31 832b17–20Chapter 32 832b21–25Chapter 33 832b26–28Chapter 34 832b29–30Chapter 36 833a6–8Chapter 37 833a9–14Chapter 41 833a23–27Chapter 44 833b3–5Chapter 46 833b13–17Chapter 49 834a1–5Chapter 57 834b7–17Chapter 61 835a6–8Chapter 62 835a9–14Chapter 65 835a26–26Chapter 68 835a33–35Chapter 69 835b1–2Chapter 70 835b3–4Chapter 71 835b5–6Chapter 72 835b7–14Chapter 73 835b15–22Chapter 74 835b23–26Chapter 75 835b27–28Chapter 76 835b29–29Chapter 77 835b30–32Chapter 78 835b33–836a6Chapter 79 836a7–18Chapter 80 836a19–23Chapter 83 836b27–29Chapter 84 836b30–837a6Chapter 85 837a7–11Chapter 86 837a12–23Chapter 88 837a30–837b7Chapter 89 837b8–15Chapter 91 837b19–22Chapter 92 837b23–25Chapter 93 837b26–31Chapter 94 837b32–838a4Chapter 97 838a27–33Chapter 98 838a34–838b2Chapter 99 838b3–11Chapter 103 839a26–33Chapter 106 840a6–14Chapter 108 840a27–35Chapter 109 840b1–17Chapter 112 840b32–841a8Chapter 116 841b2–8Chapter 117 841b9–14Chapter 118 841b15–27Chapter 119 841b28–33Chapter 120 842a1–10Chapter 125 842b6–9Chapter 126 842b10–13Chapter 130 843a1–32Chapter 131 843b1–5Chapter 134 844a6–16Chapter 140 844b32–35Chapter 141 845a1–9Chapter 142 845a10–14Chapter 143 845a15–16Chapter 144 845a17–23Chapter 145 845a24–27Chapter 150 845b10–15Chapter 155 846a6–21Chapter 156 846a22–24Chapter 157 846a25–27Chapter 159 846a31–32Chapter 160 846a33–37Chapter 162 846b3–6Chapter 166 846b22–24Chapter 167 846b25–28Chapter 169 846b33–35Chapter 174 847a7–10Chapter 176 847b3–4Chapter 177 847b5–6 -
Politics 128 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 15 ▸
Chapter 5 1254a17–1255a2Chapter 7 1255b16–40Chapter 8 1256a1–1256b39Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36Chapter 13 1259b18–1260b24Book II 22 ▸
Chapter 1 1260b27–1261a9Chapter 4 1262a25–1262b36Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23Book III 29 ▸
Chapter 1 1274b32–1275b21Chapter 5 1277b33–1278b5Chapter 6 1278b6–1279a21Chapter 8 1279b11–1280a6Chapter 10 1281a11–38Chapter 11 1281a39–1282b13Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35Chapter 18 1288a32–1288b6Book IV 11 ▸
Book V 9 ▸
Book VII 26 ▸
Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25Chapter 5 1326b26–1327a10Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19Chapter 7 1327b20–1328a20Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2 -
History of Animals 116 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book II 4 ▸
Book III 4 ▸
Book V 16 ▸
Chapter 5 540b6–541a34Chapter 10 543a14–543b5Chapter 19 550b22–552b25Chapter 31 556b21–557a32Book VI 27 ▸
Chapter 2 559a15–561a3Chapter 5 563a5–16Chapter 6 563a17–563b13Chapter 12 566b2–567a16Chapter 14 568a11–569a9Chapter 19 573b17–574a15Chapter 20 574a16–575a12Chapter 21 575a13–575b20Chapter 27 578a17–24Chapter 32 579b15–29Chapter 35 580a11–31Chapter 36 580b1–9Chapter 37 580b10–581a5Book VIII 18 ▸
Chapter 5 594a25–595a6Chapter 7 595b4–21Chapter 9 596a3–12Chapter 13 597b31–599a19Chapter 15 599a30–600a9Chapter 20 602b20–603a29Chapter 21 603a30–604a3Chapter 22 604a4–12Chapter 24 604a22–605a15Chapter 26 605a23–605b5Chapter 30 607b1–608a7Book IX 38 ▸
Chapter 3 610b20–611a4Chapter 5 611a15–611b31Chapter 7 612b18–613b5Chapter 8 613b6–614a33Chapter 9 614a34–614b17Chapter 11 614b31–615a19Chapter 30 618a31–618b8Chapter 39 622b27–623b4Chapter 44 629b5–630a17Chapter 46 630b18–30Chapter 48 631a8–631b4 -
Physics 110 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 21 ▸
Chapter 3 186a4–187a11Chapter 5 188a19–189a10Book II 20 ▸
Book III 12 ▸
Book IV 27 ▸
Chapter 10 217b29–218b20Chapter 12 220a27–222a9Chapter 14 222b30–224a17Book VI 5 ▸
Book VII 4 ▸
Book VIII 21 ▸
Chapter 4 254b7–256a3Chapter 7 260a20–261b26Chapter 8 261b27–265a12 -
On the Heavens 84 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 22 ▸
Chapter 1 268a1–268b10Chapter 3 269b18–270b31Chapter 5 271b1–273a6Chapter 7 274a30–276a17Book II 26 ▸
Chapter 6 288a13–289a10Chapter 14 296a24–298a20Book III 22 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 84 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 4 ▸
Book III 7 ▸
Book V 8 ▸
Book VI 15 ▸
Chapter 1 1138b18–34Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13Chapter 4 1140a1–23Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36Book VII 20 ▸
Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14Chapter 5 1148b15–1149a23Chapter 10 1152a6–36Chapter 11 1152b1–24Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34Book VIII 8 ▸
Book IX 10 ▸
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Rhetoric 74 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 12 ▸
Book II 29 ▸
Chapter 8 1385b11–1386b7Chapter 16 1390b32–1391a19Chapter 19 1392a8–1393a22Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33Book III 33 ▸
Chapter 5 1407a19–1407b25Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3Chapter 17 1417b21–1418b39Chapter 19 1419b10–1420a8 -
Topics 63 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 14 ▸
Book II 17 ▸
Book IV 9 ▸
Book VI 12 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 1 151b28–152b35 -
On Generation and Corruption 57 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 39 ▸
Chapter 4 319b6–320a7 -
Meteorology 57 ▸
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Generation of Animals 55 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 51 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 51 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 10 170b12–171b2Chapter 11 171b3–172b8Chapter 19 177a9–32Chapter 21 177b35–178a3Chapter 23 179a11–25 -
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 42 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 2 975a18–977a13 -
De Anima 41 ▸
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Oeconomica 29 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 26 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 19 ▸
Chapter 2 71b9–72b4Chapter 4 73a21–74a3Chapter 12 77a36–78a21Chapter 19 81b10–82a20Chapter 24 85a13–86a30 -
Parts of Animals 18 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book II 9 ▸
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Poetics 18 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 7 1450b21–1451a15Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39Chapter 19 1456a33–1456b19Chapter 26 1461b26–1462b19 -
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 13 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 3 ▸
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On Sleep 2 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
Open On Length and Shortness of Life ›Chapter 6 467a6–467b9
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