telos

1 There is a punchy but elegant Greek phrase that summarises the moment when delusion and deception are exposed: telos pia ta psemmata, the end of lies.

2 It's also caused by anything that makes it harder for people to find their telos.

还可以是因为一些事导致一个人难以找到自己的终极目标。

3 Diversity for its own sake, without a common telos, is infinitely centrifugal, and leads to social fragmentation.

4 Debates about purpose and telos are often, simultaneously, debates about honor.

讨论目的和目标，常常同时要讨论关于荣誉的问题。

5 Xanatos was the son of Crion, the wealthiest man on the planet Telos.

扎纳托斯是特洛斯星球首富克里昂的儿子。

6 After all, a better USA team has always been the telos of MLS, and there appears to be little consternation regarding fixture timing over which MLS has no control.

7 Daddy, I heard about evacuation of the inner earth, Agartha… I suppose, Telos is void, too?

亲爱的，我听说了地心文明阿噶撒的撤离…我猜想泰勒斯也已是空的，是吗？

8 Foot’s description of flourishing is influenced by Aristotle, who based his concept of ethics on an examination of different virtues, which involve fulfilling one’s telos, or purpose.

9 When you read of Telos, you will find that they have preserved the saber tooth tiger, which walked the Earth during The Times of Atlantis and Lemuria.

当你浏览telos，你会发明他们维护了在亚特兰蒂斯和利莫里亚时期曾经存在于地球的剑齿虎。

10 People are much stronger than they think they are when in pursuit of their telos, their purpose for living.

当一个人觉得自己在追求自己的终极目标、自己的人生意义时，就会更坚强。

11 As discussed earlier, some philosophers believe that an essential link between values and telos, or purpose, creates an objective moral reality.

12 One does not have to believe in a pre-determined telos for humans in order to appreciate the excellence that kung fu brings.

人不必为了欣赏功夫带来的优美去相信一个事先定下的终极目的。

13 She spoke of the need for a Wall Street culture of “greater virtue and integrity” and for banking to revive the idea of telos: “Its purpose and broader responsibility to society.”

14 About the telos of marriage.

要对婚姻的目的进行争论。

15 It has to do with method as opposed to purpose or ideals—techne as against telos.

16 This is civilization’s very center, the only thing that really makes sense in “clusterfuck nation,” the tawdry telos at which all our economic policies aim.

17 They call their creative process “convoluted” — they get captivated with the seed of an idea, and then hunt around for its telos.

18 And that is that when we attend to the telos, or the purpose.

那就是，当我们考虑目标、或目的时。

19 And that is that when we attend to the telos, or the purpose, sometimes we disagree and argue about what the purpose of a social practice really consists in.

当我们考虑目标或目的时，有时会出现分歧，并争论某个社会活动真正存在的目的是什么。

20 Assimilation rather than revolution is the telos toward which Secret City strives.

1 目的

point end design idea goal function purpose object AIM objective meaning scope intention intent purport

2 终极目的

intention be-all end-all