Editing Praxis (process) (section)

==Origins==
The word ''praxis '' is from {{langx|grc|πρᾶξις|translit=praxis}}. In Ancient Greek the word praxis (πρᾶξις) referred to activity engaged in by free people. The philosopher [[Aristotle]] held that there were three basic activities of humans: ''[[Speculative reason|theoria]]'' (thinking), ''[[poiesis]]'' (making), and ''praxis'' (doing). Corresponding to these activities were three types of knowledge: [[theoria|theoretical]], the end goal being truth; poietical, the end goal being production; and practical, the end goal being action.<ref>Smith, M. K. (1999, 2011). 'What is praxis?' in the encyclopaedia of informal education. [http://infed.org/mobi/what-is-praxis/. Retrieved: 11/28/2016]</ref> Aristotle further divided the knowledge derived from praxis into [[ethics]], [[economics]], and [[politics]]. He also distinguished between ''eupraxia'' (εὐπραξία, "good praxis")<ref>Aristotle, [[Nicomachean Ethics|NE]], VI, 5, 1140b7.</ref> and ''dyspraxia'' (δυσπραξία, "bad praxis, misfortune").<ref>Krancberg, Sigmund (1994), [https://books.google.com/books?id=cmspK8ine2QC&pg=PA56&dq= ''A Soviet Postmortem: Philosophical Roots of the "Grand Failure"''], Rowman & Littlefield, p. 56.</ref>