Contemplation and Techne

Aristotle's concept of divinity, Thought-Thinking-Itself, has had less of an impact on the Theological tradition that has appropriated Aristotelianism, than has the Cosmology of which it is the apex.  Instead, it's primary influence on subsequent generations has been to reinforce Contemplation as the Highest Ethical Good, and, accordingly, the superiority of Theory over Practice. Thus eclipsed has been the perhaps most important feature of his concept of Practical Virtue--that it consists in not a To What End?, but a How?  Consequently, generally unrecognized has been that the source of his answer to that question--conduct determined by a Mean--is Techne.