What its function or essence is

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Aristotle felt that to know what something is, is to know what it is used for and what it is meant to become, meaning to know what its function or "essence" is. Apply this concept to being human. What is your theory about what you are meant to become; your "essence"? Do you feel that everyone has the same essence or are we all different?

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