FUNCTIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ART
ARISTOTLE
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Every substance defined as a - , moves
according to a fixed path toward its aim. This telos,
according to Aristotle, is intricately linked with - . For a thing to reach its purpose, is bound to achieve a life of fulfillment and happiness, or in Greek, - . All men move toward this final end. However, happiness, the supposed end of man, is linked with its function, which is being - . One can only be happy when he is rational. The telos, the function, and the 'whatness of a thing are all connected.