πρότερος
proteros
before, in front
Appears 1,393 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 3,477× · before him 2,134 · contemporaries 4,458
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Metaphysics 204 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 20 ▸
Chapter 1 980a21–982a3Chapter 5 985b23–987a28Book Β 18 ▸
Book Γ 7 ▸
Book Δ 20 ▸
Book Ζ 22 ▸
Chapter 1 1028a10–1028b7Chapter 10 1034b20–1036a25Chapter 11 1036a26–1037b7Chapter 12 1037b8–1038a35Book Θ 14 ▸
Book Ι 12 ▸
Book Κ 10 ▸
Book Λ 11 ▸
Book Μ 57 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16Chapter 3 1077b17–1078b6Chapter 5 1079b12–1080a11Chapter 7 1080b37–1082b37 -
Physics 170 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 10 ▸
Book II 9 ▸
Book III 4 ▸
Book IV 53 ▸
Chapter 7 213b30–214b11Chapter 9 216b22–217b28Chapter 11 218b21–220a26Book V 6 ▸
Book VI 31 ▸
Chapter 1 231a21–232a22Chapter 2 232a23–233b32Chapter 4 234b10–235b5Book VIII 54 ▸
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History of Animals 109 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 3 ▸
Book II 9 ▸
Book III 9 ▸
Book IV 9 ▸
Book V 19 ▸
Chapter 2 539b17–540a26Chapter 5 540b6–541a34Chapter 11 543b6–31Chapter 15 546b15–548a21Chapter 19 550b22–552b25Chapter 30 556a14–556b20Chapter 32 557b1–31Book VI 24 ▸
Chapter 3 561a4–562b2Chapter 15 569a10–570a2Chapter 19 573b17–574a15Chapter 29 578b6–579a17Chapter 30 579a18–30Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Book VII 11 ▸
Book VIII 11 ▸
Book IX 14 ▸
Chapter 3 610b20–611a4Chapter 23 617b6–15Chapter 30 618a31–618b8Chapter 37 620b10–622b18Chapter 42 628b32–629a28Chapter 44 629b5–630a17Chapter 45 630a18–630b17 -
Politics 97 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 5 ▸
Book II 9 ▸
Book III 17 ▸
Chapter 3 1276a6–1276b15Chapter 9 1280a7–1281a10Chapter 12 1282b14–1283a22Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35Book IV 10 ▸
Book V 16 ▸
Chapter 2 1302a16–1302b4Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16Chapter 5 1304b19–1305a36Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10Book VI 13 ▸
Book VII 16 ▸
Chapter 2 1324a5–1325a15Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19Chapter 7 1327b20–1328a20Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11 -
Generation of Animals 91 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 17 ▸
Chapter 1 715a1–715b30Chapter 2 716a1–716b12Chapter 4 717a11–717b13Chapter 7 718a17–34Chapter 12 719a30–719b28Chapter 13 719b29–720b1Chapter 15 720b15–721a1Chapter 16 721a2–29Chapter 20 727b33–729a33Book II 35 ▸
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20Chapter 7 745b21–747a22Book III 13 ▸
Book IV 13 ▸
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On the Heavens 79 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 31 ▸
Chapter 5 271b1–273a6Book II 24 ▸
Chapter 3 286a3–286b9Chapter 9 290b12–291a28Chapter 10 291a29–291b10Book III 20 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 70 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 45 ▸
Chapter 1 71a1–71b8Chapter 4 73a21–74a3Chapter 9 75b37–76a30Chapter 11 77a5–35Chapter 23 84b3–85a12Chapter 24 85a13–86a30Chapter 27 87a31–37Book II 25 ▸
Chapter 3 90a35–91a11Chapter 16 98a35–98b38 -
Prior Analytics 70 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 50 ▸
Chapter 13 32a15–32b37Chapter 17 36b26–37b18Chapter 22 40a4–40b16Chapter 23 40b17–41b5Chapter 25 41b36–42b26Chapter 27 43a20–43b38Chapter 32 46b40–47b14Book II 20 ▸
Chapter 6 58b13–38Chapter 7 58b39–59a41Chapter 11 61a17–62a19Chapter 13 62b5–28Chapter 17 65a38–66a15Chapter 25 69a20–36Chapter 26 69a37–70a9 -
Meteorology 53 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 17 ▸
Book II 25 ▸
Chapter 1 353a32–354a34Chapter 5 361b14–363a20Chapter 7 365a14–365b20Book III 6 ▸
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Topics 53 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 5 ▸
Book II 4 ▸
Book III 5 ▸
Book IV 3 ▸
Book V 5 ▸
Book VI 22 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 4 154a12–22 -
Rhetoric 48 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 15 ▸
Book II 21 ▸
Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34Chapter 15 1390b14–31Chapter 18 1391b7–1392a7 -
Parts of Animals 47 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 41 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 39 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 16 ▸
Book II 23 ▸
Chapter 1 328b26–329b5Chapter 4 331a7–332a2Chapter 8 334b30–335a23Chapter 9 335a24–336a14 -
De Anima 23 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 23 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 6 168a17–169a21Chapter 14 173b17–174a16Chapter 15 174a17–174b40Chapter 16 175a1–30Chapter 18 176b29–177a8Chapter 26 181a1–14Chapter 32 182a7–182b5 -
Eudemian Ethics 20 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 15 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 13 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 3 468b16–469a26Chapter 7 470b6–27Chapter 10 471b30–472b5Chapter 11 472b6–473a2Chapter 16 475b15–476a15Chapter 17 476a16–476b12Chapter 19 477a11–31Chapter 23 478b22–479a28 -
Progression of Animals 11 ▸
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De Mundo 4 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 4 ▸
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On Sleep 2 ▸
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De Audibilibus 1 ▸
Open De Audibilibus ›Chapter 1 800a1–804b39 -
On Divination in Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Divination in Sleep ›Chapter 2 463b12–464b18 -
On Dreams 1 ▸
Open On Dreams ›Chapter 3 460b28–462b11 -
Physiognomonics 1 ▸
Open Physiognomonics ›Chapter 2 806a19–807a30
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