| 释义 |
teleologic, a. and n.|tɛliːəʊˈlɒdʒɪk|
[f. teleology + -ic.]
A. adj. = next.
1842De Quincey in Blackw. Mag. LII. 730/2 The peculiar beauty of a kitchen-garden, or of a machine, which must be derived from their tendency to certain ends or uses, is called teleologic beauty. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. iii. i. §2 (1876) 264 Value in use, or as Mr. De Quincey calls it, teleologic value, is the extreme limit of value in exchange.
B. n. The science of final causes; that branch of knowledge which deals with ends or purposes.
1865S. H. Hodgson Time & Space ii. ix. §68. 566 Technic and Teleologic are the two branches of practical knowledge, founded respectively on conation and feeling. |