internal purposiveness, n.All

Internal purposiveness (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Kant's way of resuscitating the Idea of life; Aristotle had it already, infinitely above the external purposiveness of modern teleology.