"Teleology" is the branch of philosophy that considers the meaning or purpose of life.The concept might best be summed up in a single phrase: "To What End?"
I particularly like that construction since it employs the word "end," which has a double meaning: "end" as conclusion, and "end" as purpose or objective.
Having been baptized and confirmed as an Episcopalian, I recited each Sunday the following prayer:
More recently (well, certainly after I read Sartre, in college), I see that this could mean no "purpose," as well.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;No "conclusion," I read that as saying. Certainly one of the comforts of Christianity.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
More recently (well, certainly after I read Sartre, in college), I see that this could mean no "purpose," as well.
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