GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Teleologie

teleology (explaining things in terms of purposes or ends)

In ihrer Lebensgeschichte erkannte ich eine nachträgliche Teleologie: Selbst die Zufälle erschienen darin so, als hätten sie auf das heutige Glück hingearbeitet.

I detected a retrospective teleology in her life story: even chance events appeared as if they had been working toward her present happiness.

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