The purpose of our lives is the Glory of God as we had seen in the previous insight. However, from the point of view of how we live our lives here on earth, our more immediate goal is to live a life of excellence. So what is a life of excellence? Are we talking about the ultimate stoic individual wedded to duty for duty's sake unmoved by feelings? Are we talking about the detached person with no ambition in this life living a life centered on himself? Most of us are rep