"the purpose itself" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a goal or desired outcome that has already been stated, or to emphasize an idea that has already been discussed. For example: "The purpose itself is more important than the means of achieving it."
Such a corporate agent is self-reflective; it not only distinguishes its present from both its past and its future, and itself from other corporations, it reflects on itself for the purpose of transforming itself.
"The purpose will present itself.
The earliest story that we know of, the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, can be read as a quest, or a question (the two words share the same origin), seeking the purpose of life itself.
Even with the benefit of far more sophisticated ecosystems modelling (which merely reinforces his analysis) his thoughts on how to re-engineer industry and work, the management of natural resources and the purpose of economics itself have not been bettered.
Spiritual beings are able to contemplate the meaning of being, time, death as well as the purpose of existence itself.
What is the purpose of life itself?
Of course, that means more and better teachers, and more money for them, but I suspect we cannot make any of those reforms, until we achieve a national consensus on the purpose of schooling itself.
"Kabbalah Centre has engaged in a pattern and practice of raising funds... for the purpose of enriching itself and others associated with Kabbalah Centre," according to a complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by Carolyn Cohen, a San Diego County real estate broker and president of the Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce.
There were no complaints of rough treatment or about the purpose of the operation itself.
