ἐπιστήμη
episteme
acquaintance with
Appears 790 times across Aristotle's works.
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Metaphysics 192 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 33 ▸
Chapter 2 982a4–983a23Chapter 3 983a24–984b22Chapter 4 984b23–985b22Chapter 6 987a29–988a17Book Β 24 ▸
Book Γ 16 ▸
Book Ε 9 ▸
Book Ζ 6 ▸
Book Η 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1045a7–1045b23Book Θ 9 ▸
Book Ι 12 ▸
Book Κ 50 ▸
Chapter 1 1059a18–1060a2Chapter 7 1063b36–1064b14Chapter 11 1067b1–1068a7Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14Book Λ 4 ▸
Book Μ 20 ▸
Book Ν 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1090a16–1091a22 -
Topics 158 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 17 ▸
Chapter 3 101b5–10Chapter 5 101b37–102b26Chapter 7 103a6–39Chapter 10 104a3–37Chapter 13 105a20–33Chapter 15 106a1–107b37Chapter 16 107b38–108a6Chapter 17 108a7–17Book II 22 ▸
Chapter 5 111b32–112a23Chapter 9 114a26–114b24Chapter 10 114b25–115a24Book III 18 ▸
Book IV 28 ▸
Chapter 3 123a20–124a14Chapter 4 124a15–125b14Book V 30 ▸
Book VI 26 ▸
Chapter 2 139b19–140a22Chapter 4 141a23–142b19Chapter 14 151a20–151b24 -
Posterior Analytics 86 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 69 ▸
Chapter 1 71a1–71b8Chapter 11 77a5–35Chapter 22 82b37–84b2Chapter 23 84b3–85a12Chapter 30 87b19–27 -
Prior Analytics 80 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 40 ▸
Chapter 5 26b34–28a9Chapter 13 32a15–32b37Chapter 15 33b25–35b22Chapter 27 43a20–43b38Chapter 34 47b40–48a28Book II 40 ▸
Chapter 15 63b22–64b27 -
Nicomachean Ethics 60 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 9 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27Book VI 30 ▸
Chapter 1 1138b18–34Chapter 13 1144b1–1145a11Book VII 12 ▸
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Categories 43 ▸
Open Categories ›Chapter 2 1a16–1b9Chapter 15 15b17–32 -
Eudemian Ethics 40 ▸
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De Anima 27 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book II 12 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 22 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 2 165a38–165b11Chapter 10 170b12–171b2Chapter 11 171b3–172b8Chapter 15 174a17–174b40Chapter 24 179a26–180a22Chapter 34 183a27–184b8 -
Politics 21 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 7 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1309a33–1310a38 -
Physics 19 ▸
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Rhetoric 18 ▸
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On the Heavens 4 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 1 268a1–268b10 -
On Generation and Corruption 4 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 4 ▸
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Parts of Animals 4 ▸
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Generation of Animals 1 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 22 730a32–730b32 -
Physiognomonics 1 ▸
Open Physiognomonics ›Chapter 1 805a1–806a18 -
Sense and Sensibilia 1 ▸
Open Sense and Sensibilia ›Chapter 7 448a28–449b4
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιστήμη, ἡ, (ἐπίσταμαι) A. acquaintance with a matter, understanding, skill, as in archery, S. Ph. 1057; in war, Th. 1.121, 6.72, 7.62; ἐ. πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον Lys. 33.7 (fort. leg. περί) περὶ τὰ μαθήματα Pl. Phlb. 55d; τοῦ νεῖν Id. Grg. 511c; ἐπιστήμῃ skilfully, οἱ μὴ ἐ. τοὺς ἐπαίνους ποιούμενοι Plot. 5.5.13. 2. professional skill: hence, profession, οἱ τὴν ἰατρικὴν ἐ. μεταχειριζόμενοι PFay. 106.22 (ii A.D.); ζωγράφος τὴν ἐ. painter by profession, POxy. 896.5 (iv A.D.). II. generally, knowledge, ἐπιστήμῃ σύ μου προὔχοις ἄν S. OT 1115; πάντʼ ἐπιστήμης πλέως full of knowledge in all things, Id. Ant. 721, cf. Tr. 338; ἐκ τῆς ἐ. E. Fr. 522.3; ἐ. δοξαστική, opp. ἀλήθεια, Pl. Sph. 233c: pl., kinds of knowledge, μυρίαι ἀνδρῶν ἐπιστᾶμαι πέλονται B. 9.38, cf. Pl. Smp. 208a. 2. scientific knowledge, science, opp. δόξα, Pl. R. 477b sq., Hp. Lex 4, Pl. Plt. 301b, Arist. AP 0.88b30, EN 1139b18: coupled with ἐμπειρία and τέχνη, Pl. R. 422c, cf. Ion 536c, Arist. Metaph. 981a2: pl., the sciences, freq. in Pl. (R. 522c,al.), etc.
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