1. Introduction: methods and interpretation--2/1. The Ergon argument--2/2. The biological continuum--2/3. Wholes and ends--3/1. Perception--3/2. The doctrine of the man--3/3. Policy and polity--4/1. Time--4/2. History--5/1. Eudaimonia--5/2. Death--5/3. Nous--6. Body-mind--Appendices:-- A. Pneuma--B. The sexes--C. Aristotle and the Sung Neo-Confucians--D. Ta Noeta and the unmoved movers