Teleology or finality is a philosophical approach to discussing causality that explains causes in terms of ends, purposes, or goals.
Plato (left) and Aristotle, depicted here in The School of Athens, both developed teleological arguments addressing the universe's apparent order (logos)
The School of Athens is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1511 as part of a commission by Pope Julius II to decorate the rooms now called the Stanze d
Teleology
…Plato (left) and Aristotle, depicted here in The School of Athens, both developed teleological arguments addressing the universe's apparent order (logos) Teleology (from τέλος, telos, 'end', 'aim', or 'goal', and…
"The School of Athens" by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
The Stanza della Segnatura
Bramante as Euclid
Zoroaster; Ptolemy; Raphael as Apelles; and Perugino, Il Sodoma, or Timoteo Viti as Protogenes