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This seminar is an introduction to the tradition in ethics known as eudaimonism, or virtue theory. The starting point for this tradition is the question: How should I lead my life? Or equally, What is it to be a good person? Aristotle tends to dominate contemporary discussions of Greek ethics, but we read more widely. We study selections from the Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and the Skeptics.