One of this century’s most important philosophers here focuses on Plato’s PROTAGORAS, PHAEDO, REPUBLIC, and PHILEBUS and on Aristotle’s three moral treatises to show the essential continuity of Platonic and Aristotelian reflection on the nature of the good. In so doing Gadamer not only succeeds in giving us an incisive example of his interpretive art but also gives us a clearer picture of the ethical dimension of his own philosophy and the practical implications of hermeneutical theory.