‖ telos
(ˈtɛlɒs)
[a. Gr. τέλος end.]
End, purpose, ultimate object or aim.
| 1904 Daily Chron. 5 Aug. 3/2 The triple aim which had formed the telos of every development. 1905 F. Harrison Herbert Spencer Lecture, The Telos of Philosophy is a constructive reorganization of all human knowledge in a synthesis, or correlation of parts. The Telos of human life is the practical and continuous amelioration of the material, social, and moral conditions of the Human Organism—the unity of the Brotherhood of Man on this planet. |