3. “No one can be normal
unless he has an aim in life,
proper to his human nature”
“A man without any aim or
good purpose is either
permanently insane or in
the state of desperation”
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End of the
action- it is the
intrinsic purpose of
the action
End of the
Agent- it is the
good or purpose
that the agent has in
mind
Other classifications
A proximate end is that for the sake of which something is done directly or immediately. An intermediate end is that in view of which the proximate end is sought and which itself is desired for something else.
Both proximate and intermediate ends are also means, each often being referred to as a means-end.
