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PRODUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Thisworkinvestigateshowancientphilosophersunderstoodproduc tive 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,EpicureansandSceptics),endingintheNeoplatonismof 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 technêas a paradigm for virtue and practicalrationality,technê’sdeterminingroleinPlatonicconceptions of cosmology, technê’s relationship to experience and theoretical knowledge,virtueas an ‘art ofliving’,the adaptability ofthe criteria oftechnêtosuitdifferentskills,includingphilosophyitself,theusein productive knowledge of models, deliberation, conjecture and imagination. is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo. He was previously 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, ), Plato's Natural Philosophy (Cambridge, ) and The Powers of Aristotle's Soul (Oxford,). PRODUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY The Concept of Technê THOMAS KJELLER JOHANSEN UniversityofOslo UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,thFloor,NewYork,,USA WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,,Australia –,rdFloor,Plot,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi–,India AnsonRoad,#–/,Singapore CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/ :./ ©CambridgeUniversityPress Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. 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Contents List of Contributors page vii Acknowledgements viii List of Abbreviations ix Introduction ThomasKjeller Johansen Protagoras on Political Technê Edward Hussey Dynamic Modalities and Teleological Agency: Plato and Aristotle on Skill and Ability Tamer Nawar Technê As a Model for Virtue in Plato Rachel Barney Crafting the Cosmos: Plato on the Limitations of Divine Craftsmanship Thomas KjellerJohansen Aristotle on Productive Understanding and Completeness Ursula Coope Technê and Empeiria: Aristotle on Practical Knowledge Robert Bolton The Stoics on Technê and the Technai Voula Tsouna The Epicureans on Technê and the Technai Voula Tsouna v vi Contents The Sceptic’s Art: Varieties of Expertise in Sextus Empiricus Stefan Sienkiewicz Plotinus on the Arts Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson Productive Knowledge in Proclus Jan Opsomer Bibliography General Index Index Locorum Contributors , Professor of Philosophy and Classics, University of Toronto , Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University , Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Oxford ó ,ProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofOslo , Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford , Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo , Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Groningen , Professor of Philosophy, University of Leuven , Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy, The Queen’s College, Oxford , Professor of Philosophy, UC Santa Barbara vii Acknowledgements Thechaptersinthisvolume,withtheexceptionsofthosebyVoulaTsouna andThomasKjellerJohansen,derivefrompapersdeliveredataconference on ‘Technê in Ancient Philosophy’ held in Oxford in August . The conference was kindly sponsored by the Mind Association, the John Fell Fund and the University of Oxford. Thanks also to Panagiotis Pavlos for compiling the Index Locorum. viii List of Abbreviations Collections of Ancient Texts SVF: Arnim,H.von(ed.)–.Stoicorumveterumfragmenta, vols. Leipzig: Teubner. DK: Diels,H.,andKranz,W..DieFragmentederVorsokratiker, th ed. Berlin: Weidmannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung. LM: Laks, A.,and Most, G. W. . Early Greek Philosophy, vols, Loeb Series. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. PHerc.: Papyri Herculanenses, for which, see Gigante, M. . Catalogo dei papyri ercolanesi. Naples: Bibliopolis; Capasso, M. . Manuale di papirologia ercolanese. Lecce: Università degli studi di Lecce. Ancient Texts Alexander of Aphrodisias Quaest. Quaestiones Questions Anonymous inTheaet. Commentarius inPlatonis Commentary on Plato’s Theaetetum Theaetetus Aristotle DA DeAnima On the Soul DC DeCaelo On the Heavens EE Ethica Eudemia Eudemian Ethics EN Ethica Nicomachea Nicomachean Ethics GA DeGeneratione Animalium Generation of Animals ix x List of Abbreviations GC De Generatione et Corruptione On Generation and Corruption HA Historia Animalium History of Animals Int. De Interpretatione On Interpretation Juv. De Iuventuteet Senectute On Youthand Old Age MA De Motu Animalium Movement of Animals Mem. De Memoria On Memory Metaph. Metaphysica Metaphysics PA De Partibus Animalium Parts of Animals Ph. Physica Physics Pol. Politica Politics Post An Analytica Posteriora Posterior Analytics Pr An Analytica Priora PriorAnalytics Rhet. Rhetorica Rhetoric SE SophisticiElenchi Sophistical Refutations Sens. De Sensu et Sensibilibus On Sense and Sense Objects Top. Topica Topics Asclepius in Met. InAristotelis Metaphysicorum On Aristotle’s Metaphysics,BooksA Z libros A ZCommentaria Augustine De civ. Dei Decivitate Dei The Cityof God Cicero Acad. Academica Academics De Div. De Divinatione On Divination De Fin. De Finibus On Ends De Inv. De Inventione On Invention De Off. De Officiis On Duties De Or. De Oratore On the Orator ND De Natura Deorum On the Nature of the Gods Acad.post. Academica Posteriora Posterior Academics Damascius (Dam.) In Phil. in Platonis Philebum commentarius On Plato’s Philebus Diogenes Laertius (D.L.) VF Vitae Philosophorum Lives of the EminentPhilosophers List of Abbreviations xi Epictetus Disc. Dissertationes Discourses Epicurus KD Kuriai Doxai Principal Doctrines ad. Men. Epistula ad Menoeceum Letter toMenoeceus ad. Herod. Epistula ad Herodotum Letter toHerodotus ad Pyth. Epistula ad Pythoclem Letter toPythocles De Nat. De Natura On Nature Erotian Gloss. Vocum Hippocraticarum collectio Glossary of Hippocratic Words Hippocr. Eusebius praep. Evang. Praeparatio Evangelica Preparation for the Gospel Galen Contr.Lyc. AdversusLycum Against Lycus defin. Medicae Definitiones medicae Medical Definitions method med. De methodo medendi Method of Healing sect. ingred. De sectis ingredientibus On Sects for Beginners Hippocrates Art. DeArte On the Art Loc. Hom. DeLocisin Homine Places in Man Nat. Hom. DeNatura Hominis Nature of Man VM DeVetere Medicina On Ancient Medicine Vict. DeVictu Regimen Homer Il. Ilias Iliad Iamblichus Myst. DeMysteriis Aegyptiorum On the Egyptian Mysteries Marcus Aurelius Med. Meditationes Meditations
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