Human possibilities reveal that reason hasa use beyond the ordering of practical life. The circle of mutual supportbetween reason, activity, and nutrition is not completely closed. Infact all of it, including the practical employment of reason, serves tosupport the individual for an activity that completely transcends thesewordly concerns

Overall then, life purpose consists of crafting a balance thatapplies at every level – the way in which people craft their own lives,their relationship to social relations, their relationship to altruism, theirrelationship to the state and their relationship to ideas of spirituality.

In working out our true function, Aristotle looks to that feature that separatesman from other living animals. According to Aristotle, what separates mankindfrom the rest of the world is our ability not only to reason but to act onreasons. Thus, just as the function of a chair can be derived from its uniquelydifferentiating characteristic, so the function of a human being is related to ouruniquely differentiating characteristic and we achieve the good when we actin accordance with this true function or telos