EN 1006 Lecture Notes - Techne, Phronesis, Practical Philosophy
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En 1007 fall 2009 carol poster. Lyceum; founded in place essentially an area with a large porch where people wondered around: known as golden tongue. History of aristotelian corpus: not works he wrote for publication, lecture notes, possibly notes taken by students, assembled by members of school, neglected for a long period until 50-45 bc they were edited, a friend of. Cicero"s: length of about 30-40 english books. One of the few who attempted to know everything and to organize it in a systematic fashion: with branches. Tried to divide knowledge by type: degree and certainty, q and a method, art of persuasion; interest in argumentation and proof, inquiry/persuasion. Techne (ars) vs. empeiria people all argue/persuade but most at random: empeiria. In speaking and persuasion, we know how to act. Don"t know how they work but that they do work: techne; derive technology; systematic way of doing something practical, systematic skill; craft/skill direct english translation.
