According to sociologist talcott parsons, the preferred or most functional human condition is

According to sociologist Talcott parsons, the preferred or most functional human condition is "being healthy".

Talcott Parsons considered society to be working like a human body, contending that establishments in the public eye resembled organs in the body – each performing particular capacities which were important to the upkeep of the entirety. Parsons contended that parts of society ought to be comprehended as far as what they add to the upkeep of the entirety. 

Ghana, first of the great medieval trading empires of western africa (fl. 7th–13th century). it was situated between the sahara and the headwaters of the sénégal and niger rivers, in an area that now comprises southeastern mauritania and part of mali.