ζῷον
zoon
living being, animal
Appears 2,080 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Generation of Animals 358 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 84 ▸
Chapter 6 717b33–718a16Chapter 7 718a17–34Chapter 8 718a35–718b26Chapter 10 718b32–35Chapter 13 719b29–720b1Chapter 14 720b2–14Chapter 15 720b15–721a1Book II 106 ▸
Chapter 1 731b18–735a28Chapter 2 735a29–736a23Chapter 4 737b8–741a5Chapter 6 741b25–745b20Book III 57 ▸
Chapter 2 752a9–754a20Book IV 69 ▸
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29Chapter 9 777a28–31Book V 42 ▸
Chapter 1 778a16–781a13Chapter 4 784a23–785a6 -
History of Animals 356 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 49 ▸
Chapter 4 489a20–33Chapter 8 491b9–13Chapter 9 491b14–33Book II 44 ▸
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4Chapter 7 502a5–15Chapter 8 502a16–502b23Book III 59 ▸
Chapter 4 514a23–515a26Chapter 5 515a27–515b26Chapter 8 516b31–517a5Chapter 9 517a6–517b2Chapter 10 517b3–20Chapter 13 519a30–519b6Chapter 16 519b26–520a5Chapter 18 520b3–9Chapter 22 523a13–27Book IV 32 ▸
Chapter 5 530a32–531a7Book V 54 ▸
Chapter 4 540a33–540b5Chapter 5 540b6–541a34Chapter 11 543b6–31Chapter 12 544a1–24Chapter 16 548a22–549a13Chapter 19 550b22–552b25Chapter 33 557b32–558a24Book VI 21 ▸
Chapter 2 559a15–561a3Chapter 3 561a4–562b2Chapter 4 562b3–563a4Chapter 10 564b14–566a1Chapter 14 568a11–569a9Chapter 20 574a16–575a12Chapter 22 575b21–577a17Chapter 24 577b19–578a5Chapter 32 579b15–29Chapter 37 580b10–581a5Book VII 17 ▸
Book VIII 53 ▸
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27Chapter 13 597b31–599a19Chapter 14 599a20–29Chapter 15 599a30–600a9Chapter 18 601a23–601b8Chapter 20 602b20–603a29Chapter 24 604a22–605a15Chapter 25 605a16–22Chapter 27 605b6–21Chapter 30 607b1–608a7Book IX 27 ▸
Chapter 3 610b20–611a4Chapter 38 622b19–26Chapter 44 629b5–630a17Chapter 46 630b18–30Chapter 49 631b5–18 -
Parts of Animals 269 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 34 ▸
Book II 86 ▸
Book III 60 ▸
Chapter 5 667b10–668b32Chapter 12 673b12–674a3Book IV 89 ▸
Chapter 5 678a27–682a34Chapter 7 683b4–24Chapter 10 685b29–690b10 -
Topics 155 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 18 ▸
Book II 13 ▸
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 1 116a3–117a4Book IV 14 ▸
Book V 78 ▸
Chapter 4 132a22–134a4Chapter 6 135b7–136b14Book VI 31 ▸
Chapter 4 141a23–142b19Chapter 6 143a29–145b33 -
Prior Analytics 147 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 103 ▸
Chapter 13 32a15–32b37Chapter 18 37b19–38a12Chapter 20 39a4–39b6Chapter 36 48a40–49a5Book II 44 ▸
Chapter 2 53b4–55b2 -
Metaphysics 141 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 4 ▸
Book Β 4 ▸
Book Γ 6 ▸
Book Δ 16 ▸
Chapter 1 1012b34–1013a23Chapter 4 1014b16–1015a19Chapter 5 1015a20–1015b15Chapter 14 1020a33–1020b25Chapter 26 1023b26–1024a10Book Ζ 59 ▸
Chapter 2 1028b8–32Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23Chapter 8 1033a24–1034a8Chapter 12 1037b8–1038a35Chapter 14 1039a24–1039b19Chapter 17 1041a6–1041b33Book Η 13 ▸
Book Θ 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1049b4–1051a3Book Ι 9 ▸
Book Λ 4 ▸
Book Μ 16 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16Chapter 4 1078b7–1079b11Chapter 5 1079b12–1080a11Chapter 8 1083a1–1085a2 -
De Anima 96 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 33 ▸
Book II 25 ▸
Chapter 7 418a26–419b3Chapter 11 422b17–424a16Book III 38 ▸
Chapter 1 424b22–425b11Chapter 2 425b12–427a16Chapter 11 433b31–434a21 -
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 76 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 1 467b10–468a12Chapter 6 470a19–470b5Chapter 12 473a3–14Chapter 17 476a16–476b12Chapter 25 479b8–16Chapter 26 479b17–480a15 -
Posterior Analytics 54 ▸
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Politics 43 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 22 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1261b16–1262a24Book III 4 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16Book VII 6 ▸
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Physics 42 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 14 ▸
Book II 9 ▸
Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 3 210a14–210b31Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 4 248a10–249b26 -
Categories 37 ▸
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Movement of Animals 31 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 3 699a12–699b11Chapter 5 700a26–700b3Chapter 9 702b12–703a3 -
Progression of Animals 29 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 2 704b12–705a2Chapter 3 705a3–25Chapter 6 706b17–707a15Chapter 8 708a9–708b19Chapter 9 708b20–709b19Chapter 12 711a8–711b32Chapter 16 713a26–713b20Chapter 19 714b8–23 -
On Length and Shortness of Life 24 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 22 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1104b3–1105a16Book III 6 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1129a3–1130a13Book VII 3 ▸
Book IX 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1169b3–1170b19 -
On the Heavens 16 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 15 ▸
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Meteorology 14 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book II 4 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 14 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 12 831b1–4Chapter 29 832b4–6Chapter 81 836a24–836b12Chapter 120 842a5–10Chapter 121 842a11–14Chapter 122 842a15–24Chapter 124 842b3–5Chapter 142 845a10–14 -
On Generation and Corruption 3 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 5 320a8–322a33 -
On Divination in Sleep 2 ▸
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On Dreams 2 ▸
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Oeconomica 2 ▸
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Rhetoric 2 ▸
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De Audibilibus 1 ▸
Open De Audibilibus ›Chapter 1 800a1–804b39 -
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1 ▸
Open De Virtutibus et Vitiis ›Chapter 6 1250b19–1251a18
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