Technē in Aristotle's Ethics : crafting the moral life

Technē in Aristotle's Ethics : crafting the moral life / Tom Angier.

A new account of Aristotle's Ethics, this book argues for the central importance of the concept of 'techne' or 'craft' in Aristotle's moral theory. Exploring the importance of 'techne' in the Platonic and pre-Platonic intellectual context in which Aristotle wa...

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Main Author: Angier, Tom P. S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.
Series:Continuum studies in ancient philosophy.
Subjects:
Aristotle. > Nicomachean ethics.
Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle)
Techne (Philosophy)
Ethics, Ancient.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics, Ancient
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Summary:A new account of Aristotle's Ethics, this book argues for the central importance of the concept of 'techne' or 'craft' in Aristotle's moral theory. Exploring the importance of 'techne' in the Platonic and pre-Platonic intellectual context in which Aristotle was writing, Tom Angier here shows that this concept has an important role in Aristotle's Ethics that has rarely been studied in Anglo-American scholarship. Through close-analysis of the primary texts, this book uses the focus on 'techne' to systematically critique and renew Aristotelian moral philosophy. Techne in Aristotle's 'Ethics' pro.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 176 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441134714
1441134719
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9786612947926
6612947926
9781441175144
1441175148
9781441178121
1441178120
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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