Sentences with word «techne»

Through work, people acquire virtues, both technical skills, or Aristotelian techne, and moral virtues — prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.

The word «technology» comes from the Greek word techne, which refers to the kind of knowledge and skill that allows us to complete tasks effectively and efficiently.

By Aristotle's way of thinking, household administration requires techne.

Meilaender on techne, The New Atlantis, Summer 2003.

Whereas techne is about making and controlling a world in our own image, agrarianism is about tending to or taking care of a world already given.

One way to put the difference is to say that techne or technique involves a «knowing how,» while episteme allows us to know why.

A tailor possesses the techne of tailoring, the potter the techne of pottery.

But its roots extend to the ancient Greek notion of techne, the idea that the world can be remade or fashioned according to a human plan.

Applied science is an art, as the etymology of the word «technical» (from the Greek, techne, «an art») attests.

Both sides in this debate have betrayed their forefathers: the Sophists knew that what they taught was techne, not knowledge, and Plato knew that the instincts of the soul require the most rigorous teaching of all.

The word «techne» in the exhibition's title is the Greek word for «technology», and points to the notion of humanity discovering truth within nature, and the consequent revelation of technology.

Yokoyama's ceramics function similar to «techne»: whilst working with the clay little by little, the medium's characteristic motion becomes visible.