being characterized by living. Being oriented περὶ ψυχῆς means nothing other than being clear about the genuine determinations of living according to being. For the πολιτικός, the task has definite limits. Aristotle carries out the more focused orientation toward ψυχή by way of the average meanings that living has about itself. Such meaning is the determination of human beings as ζῷον λόγον ἔχον. The further determinations move in this direction.