ἐμπειρία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Ion. [[ἐμπειρίη]] <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[experience]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>529</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.10</span>; opp. [[ἀνεπιστημοσύνη]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐκ πολλοῦ ἐμπειρία</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἡ δι' ὀλίγου μελέτη</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.2.85</span>; [[ἡ μὴ 'μπειρία]] = [[want of experience]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>115</span>; δι' ἐμπειρίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span> 137a</span>; ἐπιστήμῃ, οὐκ ἐμπειρία οἰκείᾳ κεχρημένον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>409b</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">D. <span class="title">Prooem.</span>45</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. rei, [[experience in]], [[acquaintance with]], τῶν πραγμάτων <span class="bibl">Antipho5.1</span>; μάχης ἐμπειρίᾳ τῆς ἐκείνων <span class="bibl">Th.3.95</span>; ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ἡδονῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>582b</span>; also ἐμπειρία περί τι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.1.4</span>; ἐμπειρία ἡ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν <span class="bibl">Th.2.3</span>; ἐμπειρία ἡγεμονική <span class="bibl">Plb.10.24.4</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[practice]], without [[knowledge]] of [[principle]]s, especially in Medicine, [[empiricism]], ἰατρὸς τῶν ταῖς ἐμπειρίαις ἄνευ λόγου τὴν ἰατρικὴν μεταχειριζομένων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>857c</span> (hence οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐμπειρίας ἰατροί <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.191</span>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Sect.Intr.</span>1</span>); <b class="b3">κατ' ἐμπειρίαν τὴν τέχνην κτᾶσθαι</b> [[empirically]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>720b</span>; οὐκ ἔστιν τέχνη, ἀλλ' ἐμπειρία καὶ τριβή <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>463b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">465a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>938a</span> (whereas Plb. opposes ἐμπειρία to ἀπειρία καὶ τριβὴ ἄλογος <span class="bibl">1.84.6</span>): but also, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[craft]], τοῖς περὶ τὰς ἐμπειρίας γεγυμνασμένοις <span class="bibl">Isoc.13.14</span>; <b class="b3">πραγμάτων ἐμπειρία</b>, including [[τέχνη]] and [[ἐπιστήμη]] <span class="bibl">Metrod.61</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ ἄλλαι ἐμπειρίαι καὶ τέχναι</b> the other [[craft]]s and [[art]]s, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1282a1</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ περὶ τῶν τοιούτων ἐμπειρίαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1297b20</span>; also, [[experiment]]s, πολλαὶ τέχναι ἐκ τῶν ἐμπειριῶν ηὑρημέναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 448c</span>.</span>