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So remember how Aristotle
said that man is teleological? Well, here's the thing. A telos isn't just a
goal or a destination. It's the purpose of a thing. What it's designed to do. For all our striving
and philosophizing, knowledge only gets us so far
said that man is teleological? Well, here's the thing. A telos isn't just a
goal or a destination. It's the purpose of a thing. What it's designed to do. For all our striving
and philosophizing, knowledge only gets us so far
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So remember how Aristotle
said that man is teleological?
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Well, here's the thing.
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A telos isn't just a
goal or a destination.
00:00:13.116 --> 00:00:14.662
It's the purpose of a thing.
00:00:15.539 --> 00:00:17.253
What it's designed to do.
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For all our striving
and philosophizing,
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knowledge only gets us so far.
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Brilliant but emotionally-guarded Caro Drake arrives in Oxford with the singular goal of attaining her PhD, but through a turbulent friendship with a charming young man she starts to open herself up to mystery, vulnerability, and ...