the preliminary chapters, I have aimed at freeing the original from some of the repetitions and obscurities which, owing to the circumstances under which the Ethics was first published, are apt to repel English readers. Besides my Wife, who read the whole in manuscript and made many suggestions, I have to thank my colleague, Professor E. A. Sonnenschein, for a careful revision of the greater part in proof. BIRMINGHAM, January, 1900. CHAP. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION ... § 4. Special Value of Greek Theory II. OPINIONS AS TO THE NATURE OF HAPPINESS. § 1. Starting-point and Method of Discussion |