φθορά
phthora
destruction, ruin
Appears 264 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 264× · before him 9 · contemporaries 56
Frequency by work
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On Generation and Corruption 59 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 42 ▸
Chapter 3 317a32–319b5Chapter 5 320a8–322a33Chapter 7 323b1–324b24Chapter 10 327a30–328b22 -
Physics 53 ▸
Open Physics ›Book III 6 ▸
Book IV 6 ▸
Book V 18 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 10 240b8–241b20Book VII 3 ▸
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Metaphysics 40 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book α 1 ▸
Chapter 2 994a1–994b31Book Γ 5 ▸
Book Δ 3 ▸
Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1026a33–1027a28Book Η 7 ▸
Book Θ 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1045b27–1046a35Book Κ 7 ▸
Book Λ 3 ▸
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Meteorology 15 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 6 ▸
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Topics 15 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 14 ▸
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Politics 11 ▸
Open Politics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1289a26–1289b26Book V 6 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 6 ▸
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Parts of Animals 4 ▸
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Categories 3 ▸
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De Anima 3 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 1 402a1–403b19Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 5 416b32–418a6Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 12 434a22–435a10 -
De Mundo 3 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 3 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11 -
History of Animals 3 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 29 556a8–13Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 37 580b10–581a5Book IX 1 ▸
Chapter 29 618a8–30 -
Movement of Animals 3 ▸
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Rhetoric 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 86 837a12–23 -
Sense and Sensibilia 1 ▸
Open Sense and Sensibilia ›Chapter 1 436a1–437a18
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