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Teleosis Noun used in German by Ernst Haeckle (1834-1919) denoting organic improvement or perfection. — J.J.R. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Teleology (From Greek telos, end, and logos, science). Teleology is seldom used according to its etymological meaning to denote the branch of philosophy which deals with ends or final causes. It means the doctrine that there is design, purpose, or finality in the world, that effects are in some manner intentional, and that no complete … Continue reading “Teleology”

Teleological Personalism The doctrine that God is to be thought of not as First, but as Final Cause. Applied to Lotze and Howison. — R.T.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Teleological Idealism Name given by Lotze for his system of semi-monistic personahsm. — W.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Teleological ethics A species of axiological ethics which makes the determination of the lightness of an action wholly dependent on an estimate of its actual or probable conduciveness to some end or of its actual or probable productiveness, directly or indirectly, of the maximum good. E.g., utilitarianism. — W.K.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Teleological Argument for God (Gr. telos, end or purpose) Sometimes referred to as the argument from design. Events, objects, or persons are alleged to reveal a kind of relationship which suggests a purpose or end toward which they move. Such ends reveal a Fashioner or Designer who guides and directs toward the fulfillment of their … Continue reading “Teleological Argument for God”

Teleoklin Adjective meaning, tending toward a purpose; used in German by Oskar Kohnstamm, born in 1871. He held that Teleoklise, the inclination toward purposive activity, is a characteristic of all life. — J.J.R. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Telen Ezr 10:24. TALMON, Neh 12:25. Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary

Telemachus an Asiatic monk and martyr who is justly renowned for the act of daring self-devotion by which he caused the gladiatorial combats at Rome to be abolished. In the year 404, in the midst of the spectacles of the amphitheatre, Telemachus rushed into the arena and tried to separate the gladiators. The spectators stoned … Continue reading “Telemachus”

Telem (Heb. id. , oppression [Gesenius; but Frst, place of lambs]), the name of a town and also of a man. 1. (Sept. v.r. ; Vulg. Telem.) One of the cities which are described as the uttermost of the tribe of Judah towards the coast of Edom southward (Jos 15:24, where it is mentioned between … Continue reading “Telem”