φρόνησις
phronesis
purpose, intention
Appears 151 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 151× · before him 10 · contemporaries 230
Frequency by work
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Nicomachean Ethics 62 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 3 ▸
Book VI 49 ▸
Chapter 3 1139b14–36Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33Book VII 3 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 19 ▸
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Topics 19 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 16 107b38–108a6Book III 7 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 14 163a29–164b19 -
Politics 12 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1288b10–1289a25Book VII 6 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19 -
Prior Analytics 3 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 4 25b26–26b33 -
De Anima 3 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 2 403b20–405b30 -
Sense and Sensibilia 3 ▸
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Generation of Animals 2 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 23 730b33–731b14Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 2 752a9–754a20 -
Posterior Analytics 1 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 33 88b30–89b9 -
On the Heavens 1 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 1 298a24–300a19 -
History of Animals 1 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book IX 1 ▸
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35 -
On Memory 1 ▸
Open On Memory ›Chapter 1 449b4–451a17 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 174 847a7–10 -
Parts of Animals 1 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 2 647b10–649b8 -
Physiognomonics 1 ▸
Open Physiognomonics ›Chapter 6 810a14–814b9 -
Sophistical Refutations 1 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 24 179a26–180a22
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