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Technology
(5,115 words)
[German Version]
I. Definitions
1. Technique In antiquity, τέϰνη/
technē originally meant special skill in handwork; it also denoted competence in reasonable action in other practical, artistic and philosophical areas. For Aristotle it is reasonable behavior directed to the production of
praxis and
poiesis ;
technē imitates natural events, being distinct from them but embedded in them. In the modern period ¶ (Modernity), with criticism of Aristotelian metaphysics, the understanding of technique also changed. Technique became a key concept of modern culture…
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Religion Past and Present
