3/89 Lately Published, 8vo., price 3s. 6d. THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS. (Introductory Chapters.) By JOHN MATHIAS WILSON, B.D., late President of Corpus Christi College, and Whyte's Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Oxford; and THOMAS FOWLER, D.D., President of Corpus Christi College, and Wykeham Professor of Logic in the University of Oxford, Honorary Doctor of Laws in the University of Edinburgh. Also, 8vo., cloth, price 10s. 6d. THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS. PART II. (Being the body of the work.) BY THOMAS FOWLER, D.D., President of Corpus Christi College, &c. ADVERTISEMENT. AS Professor Wilson is not responsible for any portion of the present Volume in its final shape, it has been thought unadvisable to insert his name in the Title Page. But it should here be stated that not only was the general plan of the work settled with him, but that the following specific passages (besides, probably, a few others of minor importance) are either based on written or oral communications from him or were jointly composed by him and myself: pp. 1-66 jointly (it is now almost impossible to discriminate our respective contributions to this chapter); 67-69 (down to 'moral world'); 91, 92 ('It is almost . . . dried up'); 104 (last paragraph); 105 (first paragraph); 136 ('And here ... principles'); 170, 171 partially; 204-208 ('It would seem ... limits') partially; 217-219 ( The life... cost of others') partially; 222-224 ('It stimulates... inoperative') mainly; 225229 ('Some moralists . . . frequently do'); 236–238 ('But it may be . . . comparison'); 240-244 (In the more advanced . . . to make') partially; 259-260 ('It may be... exists') partially: 274, 275; 283, 284 (It should... equable development'); 288290 ('We hear much... application'), partially; 297 ('Hitherto sexes'); 312-315 ('The most acute . . . on them'); 317-326 (We now proceed... distinction'), mainly; 331-334 ('It may of action'), mainly; 341-354 ('In the earlier... Science of Ethics'), mainly. In those passages which either embody notes or oral communications of Professor Wilson, or were written in conjunction with him, I have employed the term 'We' as distinguished from 'I' ... ... T. F. UNIV. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS PART II (BEING THE BODY OF THE WORK) BY THOMAS FOWLER, D.D. PRESIDENT OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE WYKEHAM PROFESSOR OF LOGIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Drford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS M DCCC LXXXVII [ All rights reserved] PREFACE. IN the Preface to the Introductory Chapters of this work, which were published in the spring of 1886, though the sheets had actually been struck off in 1875, I said: 'The printing of the rest of the work was suddenly suspended in consequence of the declining health of my colleague. The remaining chapters or the materials for them exist in MS., in a more or less imperfect form; but a natural reluctance to recur to the work immediately after my colleague's death together with subsequent engagements has hitherto prevented me from devoting to them the attention necessary to their completion. Pending the question of undertaking this task, I think the publication of the following' (that is, the Introductory) 'chapters may be of some service to students as affording an introduction to Moral Philosophy and containing a brief sketch of the leading English Moralists. There is the additional reason for publishing these chapters in a separate form, that they alone received Professor Wilson's final imprimatur. Should the remaining chapters ever appear, though they will contain many of Mr. Wilson's ideas, expressed, at times, in 580995 |