 T. H. Green (1836–1882) began as a student and teacher of classics before turning to philosophy. He knew Plato’s and Aristotle’s Greek texts well. In developing his view of a person’s good in Book III of his Prolegomena to Ethics, Green finds his own views anticipated in Plato and Aristotle and especially in Aristotle’s treatment of happiness, the human good, and the particular virtues. Green aims to show that a person’s good consists in his “self-satisfaction” or “self-realization.” To realize the self requires that one fully develop his capacities as a rational agent. And that requires aiming at the good of others for their own sake. Green thought Aristotle was right about the nature of the virtuous person’s motive. In Prolegomena 263 he notes Aristotle’s view that the virtuous person acts tou kalou heneka (for the sake of the fine), and he recognizes that acting in this way requires that the agent have concern for the good of the community. So the agent’s good is connected to the good of others. 