teleiotic

Definitions

Complete, perfect.

rare

Examples

“It seems therefore to imply, that the Mysteries of the Law were of the lower sort⟳, Cathartic only, not Teleiotic.”

“[…] I shall apply⟳ the term teleiotic homology to the results of the method of examining into the structures of organisms which I now recommend⟳, and which, fixing definitely upon a primary teleiotic idea or law of development, examines them not only per se, but as constructed according to that law, in relation to each other, as parts of a harmonious whole […]”

“The foregoing considerations lead⟳ us to remark⟳ that it is a mistaken waste⟳ of power to attempt⟳ by education to assimilate any animal to man; for the true education of every animal is to realise⟳ the possibility of its particular type⟳—fully to display the teleiotic idea which it embodies.”

“The Neoplatonic exegesis of the two “complete⟳” (teleiotic) dialogues that follow⟳ the basic cycle of ten—Timaeus and Parmenides—begins to answer⟳ this question⟳.”

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