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. § 1. The Supreme End of Action as the Subject of § 2. General Character of the Science OPINIONS AS TO THE NATURE OF HAPPINESS. § 1. Starting-point and Method of Discussion VI. § 1. Features in Aristotle's Conception of Temperance 116 § 2. Limitations of Ancient Conceptions of Temper- Greek Attitude to Pleasures of the Body ... NOTES INDEX ... ... ... The Natural Roots of Friendship Friendship as the Basis of Political Union ... ... PAGE ... 136 138 140 146 151 § 1. The Two Discussions of Pleasure in the Ethics 189 |