Aristotle's predecessors -- Aristotle's poliscraft -- Oratory as conduct in Cicero and Quintilian -- Conduct in Jewish and Christian thought -- John of Salisbury's defense of the arts -- John Locke and Isaac Watts : Understanding as conduct -- Vico : Human beings make themselves -- Rousseau : Human nature and the necessity in things -- Condillac's natural logic -- John Dewey : Empiricism and humility in conduct -- Making our nature : A necessity in conduct.
