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   Shaktishicage

   11.01.2020 at 13:25

   end in itself A purpose or goal desired for its own sake (rather than to attain something else). For example, For me, writing books is an end in itself; they don't really make that much money. This expression employs the noun end in the sense of "final cause or .

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   Mazulkis

   13.01.2020 at 12:21

   Definition of an end in itself.: something that one does because one wants to and not because it will help achieve or accomplish something else She started exercising for her health, but she enjoyed it so much that exercising became an end in itself. For him, taking classes was an end in itself.

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   Brat

   11.01.2020 at 06:35

   Sep 15,  · an end in itself. If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else. While he had originally traveled in order to study, traveling had become an end in itself. COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.

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   Saktilar

   10.01.2020 at 03:39

   Jan 05,  · An end-in-itself The word "end" in this phrase has the same meaning as in the phrase "means to an end". The philosopher Immanuel Kant said that rational human beings should be treated as an end in.

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   Moogucage

   08.01.2020 at 00:08

   phrase. A goal that is pursued in its own right to the exclusion of others. ‘We do not believe that it can be pursued as an end in itself.’. ‘It is a means toward a goal rather than an end in itself.’.

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   Douktilar

   17.01.2020 at 13:50

   Mar 14,  · An end in itself by Socrates on March 14, That knowledge was intrinsically desirable was something of a given in the minds of the classical thinkers. Socrates, the father of Western philosophy, scolds his fellow Athenians who turn their back on knowledge.

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   Mikajar

   09.01.2020 at 15:23

   May 23,  · Prayer, if seen as an end in itself as a rigid, religous discipline, is frustrating and tedious. But prayer, if it is an end in itself because it is our vehicle of intimacy, is profoundly satisfying. It keeps us alive and tender when the blessing comes, and it keeps .

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   Magis

   15.01.2020 at 21:43

   Sep 21,  · Evangelism is not an end in itself. Worship is an end in itself. The Uniqueness of Worship as an End in Itself. From that point on, all my thinking about the church revolved around the uniqueness of worship. Of all the activities in the church, only one is an end in itself: worship. Horizontal fellowship among believers is not an end in itself. Fellowship in Scripture is considered to be very .

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