For Aristotle's Closing statement he said "And so the human good [happiness] proves to be activity of the soul in accord with virtue, and indeed with the best and most complete virtue, if there are more virtues than one". ... "Of the [part of the soul] that has reason. ... "Moreover, we take the human function to be a certain kind of life, and take this life to be activity and actions of the soul that involve reason; hence the function of the excellent man is to do this well and finely" (109a12-16). To draw his speech to a close Aristotle concludes "And so t...

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He believes that, "happiness is a certain sort of activity of the soul in accord with virtue" (P. 12). By "the soul," Aristotle refers to the rationally calculating part of the soul that has reason, apart from the non-rational part of the soul. ... Happiness is explained as the goal or end for individuals as they complete their functions with virtues. ... To illustrate, we choose happiness for its own sake, as opposed to other virtues chosen to indirectly experience happiness. ...

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Religion in this understanding includes a complex of activities that cannot be reduced to any single aspect of human experience. ... Religion in this understanding includes a complex of activities that cannot be reduced to any single aspect of human experience. ... Most major religions provide paths that deliver individuals from the bondage of sin, immorality, ignorance, and other types of impurity or disharmony and lead them toward a state of purity of soul, spiritual knowledge, wisdom, godliness, enlightenment, or even eternal life. Many religious virtues such as love, self-control, compass...

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