Josiah Ober is Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University and Senior Fellow (Courtesy) at the Hoover Institution. He is author or editor of eighteen books, including The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece and Demopolis: Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice.

Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Classical References
Introduction: Discovering Practical Reason
1. Gyges' Choice: Rationality and Visibility
2. Glaucon's Dilemma: Origins of Social Order
3. Deioces' Ultimatum: How to Choose a Ruler
4. Solon's Bargain: Self-Enforcing Constitutional Order
5. Melos' Prospect: Limits of Interstate Rationality
6. Socrates' Critique: Problems for Democratic Rationality
7. Cephalus' Expertise: Economic Rationality
8. Conclusions: Utility and Eudaimonia
Epilogue
Appendix: Probability, Risk, and Likelihood
Works Cited
Index