telos

Preposition: of

• life: The goal or telos of human life was known and identifiable; the problem was how to get there.
• being: For the greater part of the past millenium, the connection between the nature and telos of human being was obscured.

Converse of object

• define: But there is also a theology which constitutes the defining telos of philosophical inquiry.

Adjective modifier

• human: One proof that the human telos or essence is inviolate is exploitation, the violation of our claims to material equality.