In the second volume of his History of Sexuality, Foucault primarily explores the axes along which sexuality was problematized in ancient Greece. He discusses three fields of practice: the regimen of the body, the household management of marriage, and the courtship of young men. He identifies three “techniques of the self” (251) by which sexual conduct was modulated: dietetics, which calls for a “moderation defined by the measured and timely use of the aphrodisia” (251), by which an individual may avoid physical harm and humanity may avoid extinction; economics, which calls for a moderation that proves that a man has the self-control that justifies his control over others, and particularly his authority over his wife, in order to maintain his household; and erotics, which calls for a moderation that “can make allowance for the other’s freedom” (252) as the ultimate outcome.