τέλος
telos
coming to pass, performance, consummation
Appears 552 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 552× · before him 263 · contemporaries 347
Frequency by work
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Nicomachean Ethics 79 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 20 ▸
Chapter 3 1094b11–1095a13Chapter 8 1098b9–1099b8Book III 28 ▸
Chapter 1 1109b30–1111b3Chapter 4 1113a15–1113b2Book VI 15 ▸
Chapter 7 1141a9–1141b22Chapter 10 1142b34–1143a18Chapter 11 1143a19–1143b17Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1155b17–1156a5 -
Politics 70 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 14 ▸
Book II 4 ▸
Book III 5 ▸
Book V 6 ▸
Book VII 21 ▸
Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2 -
Metaphysics 55 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 1 ▸
Chapter 3 983a24–984b22Book Β 7 ▸
Book Δ 16 ▸
Book Θ 13 ▸
Book Μ 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16 -
Eudemian Ethics 49 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 8 ▸
Book II 32 ▸
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11Book VII 8 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1248b8–1249b25 -
Generation of Animals 48 ▸
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Physics 44 ▸
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Rhetoric 37 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 28 ▸
Chapter 4 1359a30–1360b3Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20 -
Topics 26 ▸
Open Topics ›Book VI 7 ▸
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History of Animals 24 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 13 493a17–493b1Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 17 506b32–509a23Book V 5 ▸
Book VI 7 ▸
Book VII 3 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 19 601b9–602b19 -
Meteorology 22 ▸
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Parts of Animals 19 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book III 6 ▸
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On the Heavens 16 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 10 ▸
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Poetics 16 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 20 1456b20–1457a30Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5 -
Movement of Animals 4 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 3 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 11 94a20–95a9 -
Prior Analytics 3 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 22 67b27–68b7 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 3 ▸
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On Sleep 3 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 2 ▸
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Mechanica 2 ▸
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De Mundo 1 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
Open On Length and Shortness of Life ›Chapter 6 467a6–467b9 -
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 3 977a14–977b20
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