Living and what that consist of is a topic with many elements, with the everyday routines that one has, it hard to keep in mind that we all are living beings. Normally our minds are so consumed with the mundane that consist of the job we have to go to. The school we choose to attend everyday to possibly attain a better way of living through education. It includes habits or rituals we do that becomes second nature to us, some good, some bad, some healthy, some not. like all things that are considered living, what fuels us, what is the that drive that fuels us to do what we do on a daily basis. What is the essence of any living being including my self or anyone else some would say its our life force others would say that it is our soul. The soul and its relation with the body can be view in many different ways depending on how you view it or the perspective in which you view the soul as a part of as separate part of a living thing. Aristotle claims every living thing is has a soul there are 3 types of living things discussed in the reading which are plants, animals and humans. Each living thing has a soul but there are different differences between each along with there being a hierarchy with humans being the highest then animals and the lowest being the plants. Each having a specific kind of soul with particular elements which makes each different to its role.