endlike

Definitions

Of, relating to, or pertaining to the end; final; terminal.

Examples

“[…] and if there is more than one virtue, from the best and most final (or endlike) of them over a finished lifetime.”

“I am proposing here to understand⟳ the qualifier τελεα in application to eudaimonia in X 7 (as with τελειοτάτη ἀρετÆ at I 7, 1098a18) as meaning “final” or “endlike,” in accordance with Aristotle's explicit statement [...]”

“Thus what Aristotle is referring to are endlike results that arise⟳ in nature but are produced in an unusual or exceptional fashion; […]”

“Or, rather, here are some things that seem endlike, but they are not truly endlike. They only seem endlike because they reflect⟳ a posturing of false pretensions and surrogate determinances.”

“Invoking once again the criteria he laid down in I.7 for the best good, he tries to show⟳ that the contemplative life is most endlike and most self-sufficient, […]”

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