However that may be, the final goal of human becoming is, according to Hegel, the synthesis of the warlike existence of the Master and the life of labor of the Slave. The Man who is fully satisfied by his existence, and who achieves precisely thereby the historical evolution of humanity, is the Citizen of the universal and homogenous State, that is, for Hegel, the worker-soldier of the revolutionary armies of Napoleon. Therefore it is indeed war (for Recognition) that terminates History and carries Man to his perfection (=satisfaction). Thus, Man can perfect himself only to the extent that he is mortal and accepts, with an awareness of what is involved, the risk of life.