Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction. On Beginning Cautiously
or, What Do We Mean by Ethics?
1. Symposium, The First: Plato
or, Cosmology, Ethics, and the Poets
2. Symposium, The Second: The Erotic
or, Love in the Middle
3. Symposium, The Third: Moral Value
or, Counting, Being, and True Love
Conclusion. On Ending Graciously
or, The Greek Legacy Today
Appendix. On Language and Literacy
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index