Reason comes to think concepts as follows...

Reason comes to think concepts as follows: creative reason is pure actuality, the essences are directly cognized: thought and object are here one [in passive reason concepts are merely potential], passive reason is the mater on which creative reason, the form, actsthee is a distinction formal and material phases of reason.

Perception, imagination, memory are connected with the body and perish with it: creative reason is absolutely imperishable, absolutely immaterial 2.3.2.10 Ethics [Aristotle's ethics are based in his metaphysics and psychology and is the first comprehensive scientific theory of moralityit attempts to give a define answer to the Socratic question of the highest good.] All human action has some end in viewwhat is the highest end or good?

For man this must be his essence: the life of reason, the complete and habitual exercise of the functions which make him human: eudaemonia [happiness is a substitute provided it does not mean pleasure] A virtuous soul is a well-ordered souland since the soul does not consist of reason alone, it is one in which the right relation exists between reason, feeling and desire.

The highest good for man is self-realization [:not selfish individualism] he realizes his true self when he loves the supreme part of his being: the rational partwhen he is moved by a motive of nobleness, promotes the interests of others and of country"The virtuous man will act often in the interest of friends, country and if need be die for themsurrender money, honour and all the goods for which the world contends, reserving only nobleness for himself".

Justice is a virtue implying a relation to others, for it promotes the interest of othersit is taken in two senses: lawfulness and fairnessNor is the happiness-theory understood in the hedonistic sense a pleasure theory: therefore, all things which are honorable and pleasant to the virtuous man are honorable and pleasant.

Aristotle rejects the Socratic maxim that knowledge is virtue: we must in addition to a knowledge of virtue, endeavor to possess and exercise itMoral action is fostered by a moral societyLaws are required to teach us the duties of lifeThe state should seek to provide a social environs conducive to the morality of its citizensAnyone who wishes to elevate the people must acquaint himself with the principles of legislationtherefore: ethics and politics are never divorced by Aristotle: the moral ends of man are promoted by legal and political means.