the highest part of the soul, and animals do not have this. It is the highest part because it is the use of reason that makes us different from the "horse, ox, and every animal." (Aristotle 16). "The rational element has two parts: one is rational in that is obeys the rule of reason, the other in that it possesses and conceives rational rules." (Aristotle 16). What he means is that the use of reason is understood as an action, but acting in a rational way. "The proper function of man, then, consists in an activity of the soul in conformity with a rational principle." (Aris
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