Editing Techne (section)

=== Aristotle ===
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Aristotle does not use techne and episteme interchangeably as Socrates and Plato did before him. He distinguishes clearly between the two terms.<ref name=":1" /> Aristotle includes techne and episteme in his five [[virtue]]s of intellect: [[episteme]], techne, [[phronesis]], [[Sophia (wisdom)|sophia]], and [[nous]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, by Aristotle |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8438/8438-h/8438-h.htm |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=www.gutenberg.org}}</ref> In [[Nicomachean Ethics]], Aristotle wrote that techne not only meant craft but also [[Production (economics)|production]] (for example: the production of a ship).<ref name=":3" /> Richard Parry wrote that Aristotle believed techne aims for good and forms an end, which could be the activity itself or a product formed from the activity.<ref name=":1" /> Aristotle used health as an example of an end that is produced by the techne of medicine.<ref name=":1" /> Like Plato's beliefs about the importance of a practitioner being able to explain their craft, Aristotle believed that the practitioner with the knowledge of techne could teach their skill because they not only had the wisdom of the craft but also understood the outcome.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1, section 981b |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0052:book=1:section=981b |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>
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