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Arete vs Techne - What's the difference?

arete | techne |

As nouns the difference between arete and techne

is that arete is virtue, excellence or arete can be while techne is (philosophy) craft; practice; making or doing, as contrasted with episteme or knowing.

arete

English

Alternative forms

* arete

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) A very thin ridge of rock.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 88:
    • In his old department in Zürich, they sit in glass cases: models to the life of the peaks he had studied, with the strata painted beautifully and accurately, passing over arête and valley alike.

    Anagrams

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    techne

    English

    (wikipedia techne)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (philosophy) craft; practice; making or doing, as contrasted with episteme or knowing