Clothing, Implement, Need

An implement is an extension of the human body that mediates a modification of its environment.  Thus, clothing is the fundamental implement.  For, it is, merely insofar as being worn, an extension of a body.  Furthermore, it facilitates any extension of occupancy by enabling adaptation to an environmental change, either a variation in a given environment, e. g. a change of weather, or travel to a new and different environment.  In all cases, that extension is the precondition of specific extensions, of the use of specific implements, e. g. a coat put on in order to go outside and shovel snow.  Now, clothing is a vital need for Humans, which distinguishes the species from others.  Thus, it is a need to extend, not merely to maintain or replenish, which is how needs are typically interpreted.  Thus, clothing is indicative of a growth principle, e. g. Evolution, rather than a mere Survival principle.  It is also an implement the use of which is a vital need, and not merely a means to satisfying a vital need.