Techne
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Oct 20, 2026
Law and the Good Life: On the Political Philosophy of Aristotle | Dr. Robert Bartlett
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44:41PJ WehryHOST
And so how does the techne portion fit into this overall framework? So we do have the art of rhetoric at the end.
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44:49PJ WehryHOST
Is it that the good life will come to those with praxis and theoria, or that they will seek this out and it will kind of come as a result of it? Or that techne should be distrusted? Maybe I'm understanding you from earlier.
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45:03PJ WehryHOST
Techne should be distrusted because without these two, it's not good.
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45:08Robert BartlettGUEST
Right.
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45:09Robert BartlettGUEST
Well, you put your finger on actually a controversial point among people who study these things.
E9 - There Is No Perfect Word | with Stephen Fry
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25:21Stephen FryGUEST
... technical words are Greek technical.
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25:23Stephen FryGUEST
Techne is a Greek word, of course.
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25:25Stephen FryGUEST
And, um, uh, and I, I just think it's, [clears throat] it's really interesting.
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25:30Stephen FryGUEST
It gives, it's a sort of mirror or a microcosm of our class anxieties in Britain, that it's even there in the language you use straightaway, not just your accent and everything else that gives you away from, in terms of your education, your class, your outlook, your disposition, even your sexuality sometimes in the way you speak.
Michelangelo – David
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28:35Adrian FagsanHOST
In Latin, it's ars, A-R-S, which is where art eventually comes from.
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28:41Adrian FagsanHOST
And in Greek, it's technē, T-E-C-H-N-E.
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28:45Adrian FagsanHOST
The last E has a bar across the top, so it can do some pull-ups.
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28:49Adrian FagsanHOST
Pronounce it however you see fit.