目的(从希腊τ?λο?“结束”,“目的”,或“目标”)是一个结束或目的,在一个相当受限等哲学家亚里士多德所使用的感觉。它是“目的论”一词的词根，大致是对目的性的研究，或研究对象的目的、目的或意图。目的论在亚里士多德的生物学和他的原因理论中居于核心地位。它是一些历史哲学理论的核心，如黑格尔和马克思的理论。
A telos (from the Greek τ?λο? for "end", "purpose", or "goal") is an end or purpose, in a fairly constrained sense used by philosophers such as Aristotle. It is the root of the term "teleology", roughly the study of purposiveness, or the study of objects with a view to their aims, purposes, or intentions. Teleology figures centrally in Aristotle's biology and in his theory of causes. It is central to some philosophical theories of history, such as those of Hegel and Marx.