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19 Aristotelian teleology bases itself on the concept of being. It does not, strictly speaking, begin from biology. This is especially noticeable in Aristotelian-influenced hylomorphic theory, which attempts to map out the harmony between beings and their natures, and is largely a theory about the internal unity of things, human beings especially. Though greatly simplified, Aristotelian teleology begins from the fact that we live in a material world, but that materiality does not define the world. Observable, terrestria