[ExI] Is anyone an expert on Aristotle and Life?

[natasha at natasha.cc]

   I'm a bit confused.  Aristotle's views on life in _De Anima_ are  
clear enough ("the psyche (not soul) is the cause or the source of the  
living body ...it is (a) the movement, it is (b) the end, it is (c)  
the essence of the whoel living body".  And that that there are four  
causes (conditions): its matter is its mater in which it exists; its  
from is the arrangement of matter; it is moves/changes; and it has an  
aim/purpose (telos).   

   Is the absolutely teleological in the sense that it is religous and  
determined by a God?  Why is not the telos of human consciousness or  
aim to evolve (self-directed evolution), as in transhumanism?

   If someone can help me with this, I'd appreciate it.

   Thanks,

   Natasha

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