Actually, a lot of the ancient Greek philosophers despised empiricism. All they trusted to prove anything was deduction; they didn’t believe their senses at all.
But a lot didn’t. Most notably, Aristotle’s school and most of the pre-Socratics were empirical. So were the Epicurians, and in their own way the skeptics, cynics and stoics.
Aristotle and his followers failed to actually BE empirical because they propounded beliefs on everything and only had time for a few experiments, but you know, the Greeks had good enough data to need lots of epicycles.
Actually, a lot of the ancient Greek philosophers despised empiricism. All they trusted to prove anything was deduction; they didn’t believe their senses at all.
But a lot didn’t.
Most notably, Aristotle’s school and most of the pre-Socratics were empirical. So were the Epicurians, and in their own way the skeptics, cynics and stoics. Aristotle and his followers failed to actually BE empirical because they propounded beliefs on everything and only had time for a few experiments, but you know, the Greeks had good enough data to need lots of epicycles.