Значение слова "END IN ITSELF" найдено в 4 источниках

END IN ITSELF

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"
end in itself: translation

*an end in itself
existing for its own sake; existing for no clear purpose. (*Typically: be \end in itself; become \end in itself.) •

For Bob, art is an end in itself. He doesn't hope to make any money from it.

Learning is an end in itself. Knowledge does not have to have a practical application.

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{n. phr.} Something wanted for its own sake; a purpose, aim, or goal we want for itself alone and not as a way to something else. * /The miser never spent his gold because for him it was an end in itself./

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"
end in itself: translation

*an end in itself
existing for its own sake; existing for no clear purpose. (*Typically: be \end in itself; become \end in itself.) •

For Bob, art is an end in itself. He doesn't hope to make any money from it.

Learning is an end in itself. Knowledge does not have to have a practical application.

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{n. phr.} Something wanted for its own sake; a purpose, aim, or goal we want for itself alone and not as a way to something else. * /The miser never spent his gold because for him it was an end in itself./

найдено в "Philosophy dictionary"
end in itself: translation

Something desired or aimed at or valued purely for its own sake, rather than as a means to anything else. See also good will, summum bonum .


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