Teleological Causality has primacy for Aristotle in two respects. First, it is the primary determinant in the making of something, i. e. the purpose that something serves determines its shape, what material it is made of, and how it is shaped. Second, Teleological Causality is the fundamental Psychological principle of humans, driving them not towards the earth, but upwards toward the heavens. Thus, divine Thought Thinking Itself is the Highest Virtue, i. e. Happiness, equivalent to Self-Sufficiency. But because humans have not the Self-Sufficiency of the divine, they must settle for Practical Virtue and Friendship, Aristotle seems to vacillate between which of the levels of Virtue he ultimately privileges.
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