Aristotle considers ends to be either activities or the products that come from activities. ... Aristotle attaches a function that is unique to human beings: rational activity and that is also the soul's activity based on the premise that human's function is the activity of the soul. When actions are completed well, virtues are expressed accordingly through the soul's activity. Therefore, the highest good, happiness, "turns out to be an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, and if there are more than one virtue, in accordance with the best and most complete.... Ac...

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"The proper function of man, then, consists in an activity of the soul in conformity with a rational principle.... The human good is the activity of the soul exhibiting excellence for ones entire life. Human excellence is the activity of the soul according to reason. ... Virtue is not a part of the soul. ... " There are two types of virtues: 1) intellectual, and 2) moral. ...

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Then if I don't believe in God where does my body and soul go after death? ... If you lived your life according to the Laws of God then you soul is going to be sent into heaven and from there you will be with God and the other saints. The moral implications are that when you think of yourself before you think of the big picture your life will be cut short, because the benevolent man has long lasting mortality and virtue. ... In most theories of philosophy I find that they all have one thing in common, and that's you have to have wisdom and virtue in order to know your true purpose an...

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According to Dante the soul does live after physical death. It [the soul] goes on enduring and remembering the things that happen to it. ... But in my view your soul dies with you. ... The belief that the soul returns into a different entity is absurd. ...

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