Self-Purpose (*Selbstzweck*)
Kant & Hegel
Something that is not merely a means to something else, but an end in itself. In Kant: the human being as end in itself (categorical imperative). In Hegel: life as end in itself.
Origin
Kant: second formula of the categorical imperative --- treat human beings always also as an end, never merely as a means. Hegel: life as the paradigm of self-purpose.
In Hegel
Enz. §204; *Science of Logic*, vol. 2, Teleology
Cross-references
Life · Teleology · Organism · End (Zweck)