ἐμπειρία
empeiria
experience
Appears 54 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐμπειρία, ἡ, A. experience, Ph. 529, 4.10; opp. ἀνεπιστημοσύνη, 5.7; ἡ ἐκ πολλοῦ ἐ., opp. ἡ διʼ ὀλίγου μελέτη, 2.85; ἡ μὴ ʼμπειρία want of experience, Ec. 115; διʼ ἐμπειρίαν Prm. 137a; ἐπιστήμῃ, οὐκ ἐμπειρία οἰκείᾳ κεχρημένον R. 409b: pl., Prooem. 45. 2. c. gen. rei, experience in, acquaintance with, τῶν πραγμάτων 5.1; μάχης ἐμπειρίᾳ τῆς ἐκείνων 3.95; ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ἡδονῶν R. 582b; also ἐ. περί τι HG 7.1.4; ἐ. ἡ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν 2.3; ἐ. ἡγεμονική 10.24.4, etc. II. practice, without knowledge of principles, esp. in Medicine, empiricism, ἰατρὸς τῶν ταῖς ἐμπειρίαις ἄνευ λόγου τὴν ἰατρικὴν μεταχειριζομένων Lg. 857c (hence οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐ. ἰατροί M. 8.191, Sect.Intr. 1); κατʼ ἐμπειρίαν τὴν τέχνην κτᾶσθαι empirically, Lg. 720b; οὐκ ἔστιν τέχνη, ἀλλʼ ἐ. καὶ τριβή Grg. 463b, cf. 465a, Lg. 938a (whereas opposes ἐ. to ἀπειρία καὶ τριβὴ ἄλογος 1.84.6): but also, 2. craft, τοῖς περὶ τὰς ἐ. γεγυμνασμένοις 13.14; πραγμάτων ἐ., including τέχνη and ἐπιστήμη 61; αἱ ἄλλαι ἐ. καὶ τέχναι the other crafts and arts, Pol. 1282a1; αἱ περὶ τῶν τοιούτων ἐ. ib.1297b20; also, experiments, πολλαὶ τέχναι ἐκ τῶν ἐ. ηὑρημέναι Grg. 448c.
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