Describe and explain Aristotle’s account of human nature.

1) Describe and explain Aristotle’s account of human nature. You will find helpful passages in the Physics (in particular, the discussion of what nature is), in the De Anima (in particular, its ideas concerning what the nature of an organism in general is, and what the nature of the human organism in particular is), and in the Nicomachean Ethics (in particular, its discussion of the human function). 2) Explain why, according to Aristotle and his view of human nature, philosophy is a worthwhile task for human beings.