telos [ˈtɛlɒs] n.
1.) End, purpose, ultimate object or aim (Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Ed.).
Etymology: adopted from the Greek τέλος, end.
"Thus we would put to Nietzsche the familiar form of the philosophical question. It asks after the essence of the Will to Power. The philosophical question 'what is … ?' is answered by supplying the quiddity, the essence. Philosophical thought is a questioning of appearances, an investigation of their essence, their organizing structure, their telos, their meaning" ("The Will to Power", Alphonso Lingis, 1977).
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I've been looking into giving audio of the pronunciations. It seems like the best way is upload mp3s to an online file-hosting service, and then embed the links to the files on here with a media player. Does anybody have any advice about which file-hosting service and/or media player is the best for this? I'd like the files to be kept in perpetuity, because I'm eventually planning on having search functionality. Thanks in advance!
15 comments:
this is nice telos :3
What a great word! Will have to start using it more often
It'd nice to have that audio :)
I love reading these. I need to increase my vocabulary!!
it sounds like a greek word, in my class they taught us words like ethos and pathos, this kinda sounds the same.
Almost every video game has a telos!
I don't have any suggestions, but I can tell you that audio would be great. I'd love to use these words, but also don't want to sound like an idiot by pronouncing them incorrectly...
My telos is to rule the world D:<
what is the telos of my life?!?
What is the telos of my being?
I have heard soo many people say that about Helen Mirren! She is quite beautiful! : )
I think you should post incorrect pronunciations and see if anyone notices. ;)
Cant wait to use this in conversation! ;D
Telos sounds like an epic word!
audio is a good idea.. no idea what you would use tho..sorry
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