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| Acknowledgments | |
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| A Note to the Reader | |
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| Prologue | |
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| Introduction: Why Aristotle Matters. | |
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| The Stars Are Eternal. | |
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| There Are Only Three Dimensions. | |
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| Threeness Determines Wholeness. | |
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| There Are Four Elements. | |
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| Elements Naturally Move to Their Natural Place. | |
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| The Circle Is Perfect. | |
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| The Body Moving in Circular Orbit Is Eternal. | |
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| History Is More or Less Bunk. | |
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| Religion Bears Witness to the Truth. | |
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| Nature is Purpose. | |
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| Teleology Is Good Science. | |
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| Intelligent Design Isn't All Stupid. | |
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| Some Beings Are Natural; Others Are Not. | |
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| Form Is Nature More than Matter. | |
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| Form Is More Divine than Matter. | |
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| Nature Is Hierarchical. | |
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| To Understand Nature, Study Its Best Examples. | |
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| The Finite Is Better than the Infinite. | |
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| Good Science Appreciates Things as They Are. | |
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| Being Is Good. | |
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| Metaphysics Is Onto-Theology. | |
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| There Are Substances Out There. | |
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| We Know a Substance When We See One. | |
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| God Is Alive and Good. | |
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| To Stand Firmly on the Side of Life. | |
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| Truth Is Easy. | |
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| If the Eye Were an Animal, Vision Would Be Its Soul. | |
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| The World Is Nourishing. | |
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| Perceiving Is Like Eating. | |
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| We Are Wrong More Often than Not. | |
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| Thinking Is Like Perceiving (Which Is Like Eating). | |
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| We Can Say What We Think. | |
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| We "Truth" the World. | |
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| The Theoretical Life Is Divine. | |
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| Life Is Meaningful. | |
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| Happiness Is Objective. | |
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| Good Life Comes from Good Habits. | |
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| Freedom Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be. | |
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| Moral Evaluation Requires Stories. | |
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| Smart Moral People Are Better than Dumb Moral People. | |
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| Lack-of-Leisure Is for the Sake of Leisure. | |
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| The�ria Is Not "Contemplation." | |
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| Enough Is Enough. | |
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| The Best City Needs the Best Life. | |
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| The Practical Life Is Not the Best. | |
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| Natural Slavery Is Justified. | |
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| A Woman's Place Is in the Home. | |
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| Small, but Not Too Small, Is Beautiful. | |
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| War Is for the Sake of Peace. | |
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| Philosophy Cures. | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |