telos

基本解释

about the telos of marriage.
要对婚姻的目的进行争论。
nature, the telos of marriage, is.
谈论了婚姻的内在本质和目的所在。
Finally, in the fifth Way, Aquinas relies on Aristotle’s notion of ‘telos’ or purpose. All things aim towards some ultimate goal or end.
最后，在第五种证明中，阿奎那援引了亚里士多德的目的因学说，即世界上一切事物(包括生物)都为自身某种目的而活动。

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.
亚里士多德认为，人类是有目的的，这个目的就是，与他人住在一起,最终达到人类的生生不息。
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The city is natural in that it allows human beings to achieve and perfect what he calls their telos.
城市是自然的演变,它让人类可以达成,并完善他们被称为，Telos，的目标。
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The citizens of such a city can only reach their telos or perfection through participating in the offices, in the ruling offices of a city.
这样一座城的公民,只能透过参与公职,才能达到他们的，Telos，或完善，而且是城市中统治阶级的公职。
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As Russell Berman pointed out in the Telos blog on Saturday, the Times' write-up was misleadingly selective.
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