1. The Greek Way
Concern about living creatures now and in the future as well as doubts about the efficiency of the contemporary, large-scale application of scientific rationality as the exclusive 'solution' to this crisis are, amongst others the motivations for this study. ... Contemporary technology and liberal programmes confirm the autonomy of the Western human subject, both promise individuals more human welfare, more freedom, more autonomy in relation to other living beings as well as to naturally given conditions. ... Part I exposes the relations between premodern and contemporary techn...