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Full Idea
The good for man is an activity of soul in accordance with virtue.
Clarification
'Virtue' here is the Greek word 'areté', which also translates as 'excellence'
Gist of Idea
The good for man is an activity of soul in accordance with virtue
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1098a13)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.76
A Reaction
Although an 'activity of the soul' sounds like a mere state of mind, he emphasises that virtue requires action. 'Soul' here is more like 'the life' than the consciousness.