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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"technê"”.
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Grounding Techne
"Technê is the ancient Greek word for ""both a practical skill and for the systematic knowledge or experience which underlies it"" (Aristotle and Tarán, 2000). Landscape architects have delegated the tool-making aspects of the technê of landscape design to others. By not taking full responsibility …
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A Genealogy Of Ecological Rhetoric: Heraclitus, Bacon, Darwin And Huxley
… in my study include the evolution of rhetoric as technê as productive knowledge, invention or intervention, the role of rhetoric in bridging of natural and artificial, the evolving idea of `mastery', and the development of persuasion into theories of social ecologies, among others. My study …
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The rhetorics of Lucian's Dream
… a career of education (paideia) or of craftwork (technê). Each career appears to him personified as a woman and they offer various rewards should he choose to follow their career path. Relying on Prodicus’ allegorical debate between Virtue (Aretê) and Vice (Kakia) over young Heracles as influence, …
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The Stoics and the practical: a Roman reply to Aristotle
… that the Stoics redefined technical expertise (technê/ars) in order to deny that having expertise in ethical matters implied knowing one’s end in life. Finally, I conclude that the Stoicism of the Tusculan Disputations places no emphasis upon gaining advance knowledge of one’s end in life or …
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A physiological definition of style: science, religion, and women���s writings in the early American republic
… epistêmê, or a system of knowledge, rather than technê, skills or craft, 2) a deeply body-dependent concept of the mind that comes to light in evangelical Protestantism’s practice of enthusiasm, and therefore, 3) a canon of style that was essential (and continues to be essential) to cognition. …
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Executive wisdom: a study of phronesis in modern management practice
… and specialist craft skills (developed through technê). This thesis contributes to the discourse by analysing phronesis, as the virtue underpinning practical knowledge within the managerial scholarship domain. The thesis highlights the fact that, despite its utility, phronesis is generally …