φύσις
physis
origin
Appears 2,168 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 1,248× · before him 103 · contemporaries 1,183
Frequency by work
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Generation of Animals 268 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 51 ▸
Chapter 4 717a11–717b13Chapter 6 717b33–718a16Chapter 7 718a17–34Chapter 10 718b32–35Chapter 12 719a30–719b28Chapter 13 719b29–720b1Chapter 15 720b15–721a1Chapter 18 722a1–726a27Chapter 21 729a34–730a31Book II 67 ▸
Chapter 1 731b18–735a28Chapter 6 741b25–745b20Book III 47 ▸
Chapter 8 757b31–758a25Book IV 63 ▸
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29Chapter 9 777a28–31Book V 40 ▸
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Parts of Animals 266 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 36 ▸
Book II 87 ▸
Chapter 9 654a32–655b27Chapter 11 657a12–16Chapter 15 658b14–26Book III 62 ▸
Chapter 2 662b23–664a11Chapter 5 667b10–668b32Chapter 10 672b10–673a31Chapter 13 674a4–8Book IV 81 ▸
Chapter 3 677b11–36Chapter 4 677b37–678a26Chapter 8 683b25–684b5Chapter 10 685b29–690b10 -
Physics 241 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 22 ▸
Chapter 5 188a19–189a10Book II 82 ▸
Chapter 1 192b8–193b21Chapter 4 195b31–196b9Chapter 5 196b10–197a35Chapter 7 198a14–198b9Chapter 8 198b10–199b33Book III 11 ▸
Book IV 25 ▸
Chapter 5 212a31–213a11Chapter 13 222a10–222b29Book V 45 ▸
Chapter 2 225b10–226b17Chapter 3 226b18–227b2Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 10 240b8–241b20Book VII 4 ▸
Book VIII 51 ▸
Chapter 4 254b7–256a3 -
Metaphysics 227 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 42 ▸
Book α 5 ▸
Book Β 13 ▸
Book Γ 16 ▸
Book Δ 32 ▸
Chapter 1 1012b34–1013a23Chapter 4 1014b16–1015a19Chapter 5 1015a20–1015b15Chapter 6 1015b16–1017a6Chapter 16 1021b12–1022a3Chapter 23 1023a8–25Book Ε 6 ▸
Book Ζ 24 ▸
Chapter 2 1028b8–32Chapter 15 1039b20–1040b4Chapter 16 1040b5–1041a5Book Η 5 ▸
Book Ι 14 ▸
Book Κ 12 ▸
Book Λ 17 ▸
Book Μ 19 ▸
Chapter 3 1077b17–1078b6Chapter 6 1080a12–1080b36Chapter 7 1080b37–1082b37 -
On the Heavens 206 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 90 ▸
Chapter 2 268b11–269b17Chapter 3 269b18–270b31Chapter 4 270b32–271a33Chapter 5 271b1–273a6Chapter 8 276a18–277b26Chapter 11 280b1–281a27Book II 56 ▸
Chapter 2 284b6–286a2Chapter 5 287b22–288a12Chapter 9 290b12–291a28Chapter 11 291b11–23Chapter 13 293a15–296a23Book III 55 ▸
Chapter 2 300a20–302a9Chapter 3 302a10–302b9 -
Politics 147 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 84 ▸
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39Chapter 5 1254a17–1255a2Chapter 7 1255b16–40Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36Book II 5 ▸
Book III 11 ▸
Book VII 30 ▸
Chapter 1 1323a14–1324a4Chapter 2 1324a5–1325a15Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18 -
Nicomachean Ethics 107 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 8 ▸
Book II 11 ▸
Book III 10 ▸
Book V 13 ▸
Book VI 6 ▸
Book VII 36 ▸
Chapter 7 1150a9–1150b28Chapter 11 1152b1–24Book VIII 5 ▸
Book IX 9 ▸
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History of Animals 105 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 20 ▸
Chapter 4 489a20–33Chapter 11 492a13–493a4Book II 6 ▸
Book III 22 ▸
Chapter 4 514a23–515a26Chapter 7 516a8–516b30Chapter 8 516b31–517a5Chapter 16 519b26–520a5Chapter 20 521b4–522b5Book IV 7 ▸
Book V 8 ▸
Book VI 8 ▸
Book VII 10 ▸
Book VIII 15 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 97 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 11 ▸
Book II 26 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26Chapter 5 1222a6–1222b14Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33Book III 6 ▸
Book VII 27 ▸
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12Chapter 4 1239a1–1239b2Chapter 7 1240b38–1241a33 -
Meteorology 64 ▸
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Rhetoric 50 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 34 ▸
Chapter 6 1362a15–1363b4Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15Book II 7 ▸
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Topics 47 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 37 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 16 ▸
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De Anima 35 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 32 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 4 469a27–469b20Chapter 9 471a20–471b29Chapter 13 473a15–474a24Chapter 16 475b15–476a15Chapter 18 476b13–477a10Chapter 19 477a11–31Chapter 21 478a11–25Chapter 24 479a29–479b7 -
De Mundo 29 ▸
Open De Mundo ›Chapter 4 394a7–396a32 -
Progression of Animals 28 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 5 706a26–706b16Chapter 7 707a16–708a8Chapter 14 712a23–712b21Chapter 19 714b8–23 -
Physiognomonics 4 ▸
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Prior Analytics 3 ▸
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De Audibilibus 3 ▸
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On Dreams 3 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 2 ▸
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De Interpretatione 2 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1 ▸
Open De Virtutibus et Vitiis ›Chapter 5 1250b6–18
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