Techne

Short description: Philosophical term referring to "making" or "doing"

In Ancient Greek philosophy, techne (Greek: τέχνη, romanized: tékhnē, lit. 'craft, art'; Ancient Greek: [tékʰnɛː], Modern Greek: [ˈtexni] (Audio file "Ell-Techni.ogg " not found)) is a philosophical concept that refers to making or doing,[1] Technē is similar to the concept of epistēmē in the implication of knowledge of principles. However, Aristotle distinguishes clearly between the two,[2][3] and even Plato seems to draw a distinction between them in some of his dialogues.[3] Richard Parry (2003) writes that Aristotle believed technē aims for good and forms an end, which could be the activity itself or a product formed from the activity.[3] Aristotle used health as an example of an end that is produced from the techne of medicine. To make a distinction between technē and arete, he said the value of technē is the end product while arete values choosing the action that promotes the best moral good.

## References

1. ↑ oxfordreference.com website Retrieved 2011-12-03 ISBN 0198661320 (1995)
2. ↑ Aristotle (1955). Ethics. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Parry, Richard (2020). "'Epistēmē' and 'technē'". https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/episteme-techne/.

## Further reading

* Dunne, Joseph. 1997. Back to the Rough Ground: 'Phronesis' and Techne in Modern Philosophy and in Aristotle. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 978-0268006891.

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