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(noun) an ultimate end (from Greek)

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What unites the states of the Midwest—both the ailing and the tenuously “revived”—is a profound loss of telos, the realization that the industries and systems that built the region are no longer tenable

—p.xiv Preface (xi) by Meghan O'Gieblyn

notable

4 years, 8 months ago

What unites the states of the Midwest—both the ailing and the tenuously “revived”—is a profound loss of telos, the realization that the industries and systems that built the region are no longer tenable

—p.xiv Preface (xi) by Meghan O'Gieblyn

notable

4 years, 8 months ago

(adjective) dazzlingly bright; radiant (effulgent is a synonym)

14

spring arrived with the effulgent bloom of the farmers market

—p.14 Dispatch from Flyover Country (3) by Meghan O'Gieblyn

strange

4 years, 8 months ago

spring arrived with the effulgent bloom of the farmers market

—p.14 Dispatch from Flyover Country (3) by Meghan O'Gieblyn

strange

4 years, 8 months ago

(adjective) requiring immediate aid or action / (adjective) requiring or calling for much; demanding

14

a romantic reaction against the sterile exigencies of urban life

—p.14 Dispatch from Flyover Country (3) by Meghan O'Gieblyn

notable

4 years, 8 months ago

a romantic reaction against the sterile exigencies of urban life

—p.14 Dispatch from Flyover Country (3) by Meghan O'Gieblyn

notable

4 years, 8 months ago

songs of praise or triumph; things that expresses enthusiastic praise

14

It was strange, all these paeans to the pastoral

—p.14 Dispatch from Flyover Country (3) by Meghan O'Gieblyn

notable

4 years, 8 months ago

It was strange, all these paeans to the pastoral

—p.14 Dispatch from Flyover Country (3) by Meghan O'Gieblyn

notable

4 years, 8 months ago

(adjective) tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy / (adjective) envious / (adjective) of an unpleasant or objectionable nature; obnoxious / (adjective) of a kind to cause harm or resentment

30

One of the most inviduous tasks of the conservative theologian is to explain how a loving God can allow people to suffer for all of eternity

—p.30 Hell (19) by Meghan O'Gieblyn

confirm

4 years, 8 months ago

One of the most inviduous tasks of the conservative theologian is to explain how a loving God can allow people to suffer for all of eternity

—p.30 Hell (19) by Meghan O'Gieblyn

confirm

4 years, 8 months ago

(verb) to make faulty or defective; impair / (verb) to debase in moral or aesthetic status / (verb) to make ineffective

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a writer whose work was vitiated by ego