noun
definition
The aim or goal.
Examples of telos in a Sentence
The goal or telos of human life was known and identifiable; the problem was how to get there.
But there is also a theology which constitutes the defining telos of philosophical inquiry.
In this sense the physical realm demonstrates a certain teleology (telos = ' end ' or ' purpose ' ).
One proof that the human telos or essence is inviolate is exploitation, the violation of our claims to material equality.
In this sense the physical realm demonstrates a certain teleology (telos = ' end ' or ' purpose ').
For the greater part of the past millenium, the connection between the nature and telos of human being was obscured.
Besides these are Syme, Telos, Nisyros, Calymnos, Leros and Patmos, all of which have been inhabited, both in ancient and modern times, and some of which contain excellent harbours.
It forms, with the islands of Syme, Casos, Carpathos, Castelorizo, Telos and Charki, one of the four sanjaks into which the Archipelago vilayet of Turkey is divided.
Her most famous pupils were Erinna of Telos and Damophyla of Pamphylia.