 If life and health are among the primary objects of nature, then the Stoic teaching is that doing everything to obtain life and health is morality. But this claim must be qualified; it is not moral to strive for life and health in an unjust way. Another of the primary objects of nature is human solidarity. Thus, making every effort to obtain life and health (and the other primary objects of nature) is the same as being virtuous, just as making every effort to cure a patient is the same as following the craft of medicine. Whether the sage actually obtains life and health (or his other specific objectives in his actions) is beyond his control. Finally, however, virtuously striving for these is more important than obtaining them — it is, in fact, the only true good.