The Paper Airplane

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Teleology

Teleology

E. Lily Yu
Jan 16, 2022
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The idea of looking at objects and phenomena in terms of their goals arose with Plato and Aristotle. Here I steal the term teleology (from telos, end) for my own purposes. If we redefine teleology as considering all things from the perspective of endings and completions, then the teleological viewpoint is one commonly shared by writers, artists, archite…

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