telos
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- noun
- /ˈtɛləs/
- Formal
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telos
- For Aristotle, human beings have a goal or a telos, which is to live a life in community with others for the sake of human flourishing.
Now tec comes from the Greek word telos, which means an end or a goal.
- Now tec comes from the Greek word telos, which means an end or a goal.
- And scopos and telos kind of go hand in hand here.
- Brought to its telos, full ended, right?
- Debates about purpose and telos are often simultaneously debates about honor.
- The dunamis within things your potential which you actualise in the process of reaching your telos or final state.
- Whether it's sport in the case of the Olympics, or whether it's the purpose, the telos of universities in deciding which students to admit.
Examples
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Debates about purpose and telos are often simultaneously debates about honor.
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It's all all that is created is there to be united with God and that is the telos of all beings.
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But the real telos of the whole book, of course, you know, is quite different.
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You know, education ceases to be the central telos or purpose or goal.
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For Aristotle, human beings have a goal or a telos, which is to live a life in community with others for the sake of human flourishing.
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Debates about purpose and telos are often simultaneously debates about honor.
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You know, education ceases to be the central telos or purpose or goal.
Synonyms
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The aim of a plan or action
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The most important thing or main aim
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A word used to show the formal end of a book, film or performance
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The most important goal or purpose of something
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The final goal of a process or journey
Surface Forms
Etymology
Telos comes from an ancient Greek word telos meaning 'end' or 'purpose'. Think of it like the 'goal' at the end of a journey, so telos means the final aim or purpose of something.