[a. Gr. τέλος end.] End, purpose, ultimate object or aim.
1889. E. B. Bax, Ethics of Socialism, 30. A very obvious question arises as to the telos of society itself, and the connection between the moral consciousness and this telos.
1904. Daily Chron., 5 Aug., 3/2. The triple aim which had formed the telos of every development.
1905. F. Harrison, Herbert Spencer Lecture. The Telos of Philosophy is a constructive reorganization of all human knowledge in a synthesis, or correlation of parts. The Telos of human life is the practical and continuous amelioration of the material, social, and moral conditions of the Human Organism—the unity of the Brotherhood of Man on this planet.
