Productive Knowledge in Ancient Philosophy: The Concept of Techn? by Thomas Kjel

Description: Productive Knowledge in Ancient Philosophy by Thomas Kjeller Johansen Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Sets out for the first time the ancient views and debates about productive knowledge or technê through the whole period of antiquity, covering all the major schools of ancient philosophy. Readers will come to understand the central role that technê played in ancient intellectual life. Publisher Description This work investigates how ancient philosophers understood productive knowledge or technê and used it to explain ethics, rhetoric, politics and cosmology. In eleven chapters leading scholars set out the ancient debates about technê from the Presocratic and Hippocratic writers, through Plato and Aristotle and the Hellenistic age (Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics), ending in the Neoplatonism of Plotinus and Proclus. Amongst the many themes that come into focus are: the model status of ancient medicine in defining the political art, the similarities between the Platonic and Aristotelian conceptions of technê, the use of technê as a paradigm for virtue and practical rationality, technê´s determining role in Platonic conceptions of cosmology, technê´s relationship to experience and theoretical knowledge, virtue as an art of living, the adaptability of the criteria of technê to suit different skills, including philosophy itself, the use in productive knowledge of models, deliberation, conjecture and imagination. Author Biography Thomas Kjeller Johansen is a Professor of Philosophy in the Institute of Philosophy, Classics, History of Ideas and Art at the University of Oslo. He was previously a Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow at Brasenose College. He is the author of Aristotle on the Sense-Organs (Cambridge, 1997), Platos Natural Philosophy (Cambridge, 2004) and The Powers of Aristotles Soul (2012). Details ISBN 1108485847 ISBN-13 9781108485845 Title Productive Knowledge in Ancient Philosophy Author Thomas Kjeller Johansen Format Hardcover Year 2021 Pages 348 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:158636962; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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