Techne and Modern Science

Though Aristotle recognizes the potential value of the fruits of the application of Theoretical Knowledge, any such application remains a contingent subordinate consequence of a satisfaction of the desire to know-that.  Likewise, when the contents of Aristotelian Knowledge are supplanted by the discoveries of Universal Gravitation and the fact that the Earth spins on its axis, Theory remains intellectually supreme for most Philosophers.  Indeed, for many Philosophers, it retains that supremacy even as the fruits of Modern Science, i. e. the Industrial Revolution, begin to dominate human society.  Regardless, the more recent triumph over terrestrial gravity, abetted by accurate calculations of the rate of the spin of the Earth, strongly suggests that Aristotelian Desire to Know-that is actually Will to Power, and that Theory is actually a phase of Techne.