Téchnê i sofistika
Téchnê and Sophistry

Summary/Abstract: Not only does it seem necessary to present the meaning which the word techne had in the classical Greek culture, but also to distinguish the techne - technics dichotomy. As a result of historical development, this distinction has led to dissolution of what the antique word techne meant as well as to independence of technics as something different from techne by its meaning and its definition, or, more precisely, it has proved to be a reduction, a confinement of its content. Having designated his vocation as 'political techne', because it teaches political arete, Protagora speaks of prudent deciding studies (eubolia) in the sphere of state affairs to make a young man capable of working and speaking for the state. As opposed to some other sophists who tend to more practical education, Protagora considers only politica[ education as genuinely a 'general' one.

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