Does the Modern Usage of “Technology” Denote Something Very Different from What τέχνη Meant for the Ancient Greeks?

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Distinctio : Journal of Intersubjective Studies, Vol. 1 No. 2, 2022.

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https://doi.org/10.56550/d.1.2.4

Does the Modern Usage of “Technology” Denote Something Very Different from What τέχνη Meant for the Ancient Greeks?

Hoda El Khouly ; Cairo University

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APA 6th Edition

El Khouly, H. (2022). Does the Modern Usage of “Technology” Denote Something Very Different from What τέχνη Meant for the Ancient Greeks?. Distinctio, 1 (2), 95-103. https://doi.org/10.56550/d.1.2.4

MLA 8th Edition

El Khouly, Hoda. "Does the Modern Usage of “Technology” Denote Something Very Different from What τέχνη Meant for the Ancient Greeks?." Distinctio, vol. 1, no. 2, 2022, pp. 95-103. https://doi.org/10.56550/d.1.2.4. Accessed 26 Jun. 2024.

Chicago 17th Edition

El Khouly, Hoda. "Does the Modern Usage of “Technology” Denote Something Very Different from What τέχνη Meant for the Ancient Greeks?." Distinctio 1, no. 2 (2022): 95-103. https://doi.org/10.56550/d.1.2.4

Harvard

El Khouly, H. (2022). 'Does the Modern Usage of “Technology” Denote Something Very Different from What τέχνη Meant for the Ancient Greeks?', Distinctio, 1(2), pp. 95-103. https://doi.org/10.56550/d.1.2.4

Vancouver

El Khouly H. Does the Modern Usage of “Technology” Denote Something Very Different from What τέχνη Meant for the Ancient Greeks?. Distinctio [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2024 June 26];1(2):95-103. https://doi.org/10.56550/d.1.2.4

IEEE

H. El Khouly, "Does the Modern Usage of “Technology” Denote Something Very Different from What τέχνη Meant for the Ancient Greeks?", Distinctio, vol.1, no. 2, pp. 95-103, 2022. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.56550/d.1.2.4

Abstract

This paper aims to trace the term technology back to its Greek origin, τέχνη. We recognize as its first meaning a mental activity based on knowledge and systematic study which aims to create a technical or a moral work. The present paper argues that the main difference between technology as seen by the classical Greek philosophers and our contemporary technology may lie in the goal that man sets for technology.

Keywords

technology; τέχνη; knowledge; Socrates; Plato; Aristotle; contemporary technology; logos

Hrčak ID:

300916

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/300916

Publication date:

27.4.2023.

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