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Techne
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek_philosophy/LWEkp8JX">Ancient Greek philosophy</a>, techne is a philosophical concept that refers to making or doing. Today, while the <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a> definition of techne is similar to the modern definition and use of "<a href="/facts/Procedural_knowledge/gYBuANxo">practical knowledge</a>", techne can include various fields such as <a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">mathematics</a>, <a href="/facts/Geometry/wTQf5ffQ">geometry</a>, <a href="/facts/Medicine/2fnp90Je">medicine</a>, <a href="/facts/Shoemaking/eofYqDSJ">shoemaking</a>, <a href="/facts/Rhetoric/mB9np26l">rhetoric</a>, <a href="/facts/Philosophy/zAH5PVD6">philosophy</a>, <a href="/facts/Music/hDVP0xsQ">music</a>, and <a href="/facts/Astronomy/0ArJVM1p">astronomy</a>. </p><p>One of the definitions of techne led by Aristotle, for example, is "a state involving true <a href="/facts/Reason/tcBImN8J">reason</a> concerned with production". </p>