John M. Cooper is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He is the author of Reason and Human Good in Aristotle and Plato's "Theaetetus." He is the general editor of Plato: Complete Works and also coedited Seneca: Moral and Political Essays with J. F. Procopé.

"This is a work of conspicuous erudition... Although the books is very clearly written, reading it requires concentrated effort, for the material Cooper discusses is both subtle and in a different idiom from contemporary moral thinking. He nevertheless illuminates a variety of issues on which contemporary philosophers focus."--Library Journal "This splendid book is a collection of twenty-three of John Cooper's papers on Greek ethical philosophy... But more important, bringing these papers together has synergistic effects: we see Cooper returning to related issues in different contexts and elaborating the scope and depth of his analyses... [T]hey are one of the handful of permanent contributions to the study of ancient ethics in the past one hundred years."--Chris Bobonich, The Philosophical Review

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsEditorial NotePt. ISocrates and PlatoCh. 1Notes on Xenophon's Socrates3Ch. 2Socrates and Plato in Plato's Gorgias29Ch. 3The Unity of Virtue76Ch. 4Plato's Theory of Human Motivation118Ch. 5The Psychology of Justice in Plato138Ch. 6Plato's Theory of Human Good in the Philebus151Ch. 7Plato's Statesman and Politics165AppendixExpertises Subordinate to Statesmanship190Pt. IIAristotleCh. 8The Magna Moralia and Aristotle's Moral Philosophy195Ch. 9Contemplation and Happiness: A Reconsideration212Ch. 10Some Remarks on Aristotle's Moral Psychology237Appendix251Ch. 11Reason, Moral Virtue, and Moral Value253Ch. 12Aristotle on the Authority of "Appearances"281Ch. 13Aristotle on the Goods of Fortune292Postscript309Ch. 14Aristotle on the Forms of Friendship312Ch. 15Friendship and the Good in Aristotle336Ch. 16Political Animals and Civic Friendship356Ch. 17Justice and Rights in Aristotle's Politics378Ch. 18Ethical-Political Theory in Aristotle's Rhetoric390Ch. 19An Aristotelian Theory of the Emotions406Pt. IIIHellenistic PhilosophyCh. 20Eudaimonism, the Appeal to Nature, and "Moral Duty" in Stoicism427Ch. 21Posidonius on Emotions449Ch. 22Pleasure and Desire in Epicurus485Ch. 23Greek Philosophers on Euthanasia and Suicide515Bibliography of Works Cited543Index of Passages553General Index575

John M. Cooper is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He is the author of Reason and Human Good in Aristotle and Plato's "Theaetetus." He is the general editor of Plato: Complete Works and also coedited Seneca: Moral and Political Essays with J. F. Procopé.

"This is a work of conspicuous erudition... Although the books is very clearly written, reading it requires concentrated effort, for the material Cooper discusses is both subtle and in a different idiom from contemporary moral thinking. He nevertheless illuminates a variety of issues on which contemporary philosophers focus."--Library Journal "This splendid book is a collection of twenty-three of John Cooper's papers on Greek ethical philosophy... But more important, bringing these papers together has synergistic effects: we see Cooper returning to related issues in different contexts and elaborating the scope and depth of his analyses... [T]hey are one of the handful of permanent contributions to the study of ancient ethics in the past one hundred years."--Chris Bobonich, The Philosophical Review

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsEditorial NotePt. ISocrates and PlatoCh. 1Notes on Xenophon's Socrates3Ch. 2Socrates and Plato in Plato's Gorgias29Ch. 3The Unity of Virtue76Ch. 4Plato's Theory of Human Motivation118Ch. 5The Psychology of Justice in Plato138Ch. 6Plato's Theory of Human Good in the Philebus151Ch. 7Plato's Statesman and Politics165AppendixExpertises Subordinate to Statesmanship190Pt. IIAristotleCh. 8The Magna Moralia and Aristotle's Moral Philosophy195Ch. 9Contemplation and Happiness: A Reconsideration212Ch. 10Some Remarks on Aristotle's Moral Psychology237Appendix251Ch. 11Reason, Moral Virtue, and Moral Value253Ch. 12Aristotle on the Authority of "Appearances"281Ch. 13Aristotle on the Goods of Fortune292Postscript309Ch. 14Aristotle on the Forms of Friendship312Ch. 15Friendship and the Good in Aristotle336Ch. 16Political Animals and Civic Friendship356Ch. 17Justice and Rights in Aristotle's Politics378Ch. 18Ethical-Political Theory in Aristotle's Rhetoric390Ch. 19An Aristotelian Theory of the Emotions406Pt. IIIHellenistic PhilosophyCh. 20Eudaimonism, the Appeal to Nature, and "Moral Duty" in Stoicism427Ch. 21Posidonius on Emotions449Ch. 22Pleasure and Desire in Epicurus485Ch. 23Greek Philosophers on Euthanasia and Suicide515Bibliography of Works Cited543Index of Passages553General Index575

John M. Cooper is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He is the author of Reason and Human Good in Aristotle and Plato's "Theaetetus." He is the general editor of Plato: Complete Works and also coedited Seneca: Moral and Political Essays with J. F. Procopé.

"This is a work of conspicuous erudition... Although the books is very clearly written, reading it requires concentrated effort, for the material Cooper discusses is both subtle and in a different idiom from contemporary moral thinking. He nevertheless illuminates a variety of issues on which contemporary philosophers focus."--Library Journal "This splendid book is a collection of twenty-three of John Cooper's papers on Greek ethical philosophy... But more important, bringing these papers together has synergistic effects: we see Cooper returning to related issues in different contexts and elaborating the scope and depth of his analyses... [T]hey are one of the handful of permanent contributions to the study of ancient ethics in the past one hundred years."--Chris Bobonich, The Philosophical Review

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsEditorial NotePt. ISocrates and PlatoCh. 1Notes on Xenophon's Socrates3Ch. 2Socrates and Plato in Plato's Gorgias29Ch. 3The Unity of Virtue76Ch. 4Plato's Theory of Human Motivation118Ch. 5The Psychology of Justice in Plato138Ch. 6Plato's Theory of Human Good in the Philebus151Ch. 7Plato's Statesman and Politics165AppendixExpertises Subordinate to Statesmanship190Pt. IIAristotleCh. 8The Magna Moralia and Aristotle's Moral Philosophy195Ch. 9Contemplation and Happiness: A Reconsideration212Ch. 10Some Remarks on Aristotle's Moral Psychology237Appendix251Ch. 11Reason, Moral Virtue, and Moral Value253Ch. 12Aristotle on the Authority of "Appearances"281Ch. 13Aristotle on the Goods of Fortune292Postscript309Ch. 14Aristotle on the Forms of Friendship312Ch. 15Friendship and the Good in Aristotle336Ch. 16Political Animals and Civic Friendship356Ch. 17Justice and Rights in Aristotle's Politics378Ch. 18Ethical-Political Theory in Aristotle's Rhetoric390Ch. 19An Aristotelian Theory of the Emotions406Pt. IIIHellenistic PhilosophyCh. 20Eudaimonism, the Appeal to Nature, and "Moral Duty" in Stoicism427Ch. 21Posidonius on Emotions449Ch. 22Pleasure and Desire in Epicurus485Ch. 23Greek Philosophers on Euthanasia and Suicide515Bibliography of Works Cited543Index of Passages553General Index575