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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