Definitions
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- noun The end of a goal-oriented process.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We see this over-arching teleological from the Greek word telos or goal understanding of the human good present in the following statement that De Roover makes concerning the teaching of St. Antonino:
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'Teleology' is derived from the Greek word telos, which means 'end.
Vanguard alexsamade 2010
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'Teleology' is derived from the Greek word telos, which means 'end.
Vanguard alexsamade 2010
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Derived from the Greek word telos, which refers to purpose or end, this argument hinges on the idea that the world gives evidence of being designed, and concludes that a divine designer must be posited to account for the orderly world we encounter.
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'Teleology' is derived from the Greek word telos, which means 'end.
Vanguard alexsamade 2010
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Derived from the Greek word telos, which refers to purpose or end, this argument hinges on the idea that the world gives evidence of being designed, and concludes that a divine designer must be posited to account for the orderly world we encounter.
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"We must also conclude that the Dionysian telos is inherent in any archetypal situation or image,"
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The sign of the telos is the setting up of "the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet."
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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These stages eventually reach the "telos" (Greek for "end") of self-understanding, and we aren't free to understand reality until Geist comes to know itself.
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When someone who accepts modern biology says that non-abortifacient contraception is unnatural, they are referring to the telos of an action, primarily, and not a person, or they refer to a person only in the sense in which their telos is subject to the "telos" of the action.
Archive 2007-02-01 Mike L 2007
missanthropist commented on the word telos
Greek End.
July 9, 2008