Editing Techne (section)

== History of the term ==
Many Ancient Greek philosophers, such as [[Socrates]], [[Plato]], and [[Aristotle]], had difficulty coming up with a single definition for techne and there is differentiation between the ways that these philosophers used the term.<ref name=":1">{{Citation |last=Parry |first=Richard |title=Episteme and Techne |date=2021 |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2021/entries/episteme-techne/ |encyclopedia=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |editor-last=Zalta |editor-first=Edward N. |access-date=2023-06-05 |edition=Winter 2021 |publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}}</ref> 

The word techne comes from the Greek word for art, skill, craft, and technique. The modern-day English word [[technology]] comes from the [[prefix]] techne and the [[suffix]] [['ology|ology]]; both words are of Greek origin combined to mean "the practical application of knowledge".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-03 |title=Definition of TECHNOLOGY |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technology |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> Techne in Ancient Greece was thought of as dangerous in its [[virtue]]s by many [[Philosophy|philosophers]], including Plato.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Andrew Stewart, One Hundred Greek Sculptors, Their Careers and Extant Works, Introduction, Sources |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0008:part=1:chapter=1&highlight=techne |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> Arts such as [[painting]]s and [[sculpture]]s were particularly thought to be unvirtuous because of their "third-hand [representation] of "true" reality and absolute beauty".<ref name=":0" /> Other philosophers, such as Aristotle, believed that techne was virtuous because it uses natural materials "to create objects unknown in nature" and therefore it "completes nature".<ref name=":0" />