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‖ telesis|ˈtɛlɪsɪs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. type *τέλεσις (f. τελεῖν to finish, complete, f. τέλος end) implied in compounds, as τελεσίδροµος completing the course.]
The intelligent direction of effort toward the achievement of an end.
1896L. F. Ward in Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. II. 248 The only serious lack..is a similar antithetical term to be set over against genesis, to denote the distinctively social process which results from the application of the indirect, intellectual or telic method [of human evolution]. In order to supply such a term I propose to revive the Greek form telesis. 1898L. F. Ward Outl. Sociol. 181, 186–190. 1905 Dealey & Ward Text-bk. Sociology iv. xvi. §280. 237 If we regard all the forces of nature..as so many means to the ends of man and society, telesis becomes the adjustment of means to ends, and all human effort is expended upon the means. |