Thomas Hill Green (1836-82) was a figure of far-reaching influence, whose doctrines affected British thought and public policy more than any other philosopher around the turn of the century. Green used British Idealism as part of a practical programme of liberal reform. His special combination of moral individualism and collectivism led him to support the growth of the state's responsibility to the citizen, anticipating later developments such as the Welfare State. This volume contains a collection of miscellaneous works by Green, many of them not available in any other form. Here are 15 of his undergraduate essays, many dozens of his letters and speeches, plus several of his papers on moral and political philosophy. The text should be of interest to historians of politics and Idealism in Britain. The material is all reset, with full bibliographies and an index. There is an introduction and annotations by Peter Nicholson.

EDITORS PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION THE works by which Professor Green has hitherto been chiefly known to the general public are his Introduction to Messrs. Longmans edition of Humes Philosophical Works, and his articles in the Contemporary Review on some doctrines of Mr. Spencer and Mr. Lewes. When in the year 1 877 Mr. Green became Whytes Pro fessor of Moral Philosophy, his main desire was, both in his teaching and writing, to develope more fully and in a more constructive way the ideas which underlay his previous critical writings and appeared in them. The present trea tise is the first outcome of that desire and doubtless it would have been only the first but for the premature and unexpected death of the author in March, 1882. Even the Prolegomena to Ethics the title is the authors own was left unfinished. The greater part of the book had been used, some of it twice over, in the Professorial lectures and about a quarter of it the first 116 pages was printed in the numbers of Mind for January, April, and July, 1882. But, according to a letter of the author written not long before his death, some twenty or thirty pages remained to be added, and, though with this ex ception the whole was written out nearly ready for print ing no part of it can be considered to have undergone the final revision. At his death Mr. Green left the charge of the manuscript to me and I have now only to explain the course I have followed in preparing it for publication. The manuscript was written in paragraphs, but other wise was continuous and I may add that it was com posed without regard to arrangement in Books and EDITORS PREFACE IX Chapters. For that arrangement I am responsible, and also for thenumbering and occasional re-division of the sections, and for the frequent division of a section into two or more paragraphs. I have also made the few cor rections in expression which seemed to be necessary, and in one case I have ventured, for the sake of clearness, to transfer a passage from one place to another. References have been verified and supplied translations of Greek quotations have been given, where their meaning was not obvious from the text and a few notes have been added by way of explanation or qualification, for the most part only where a mark in the authors manuscript showed that he intended to reconsider the passage. The Editors notes, except where they give merely a reference or translation, are enclosed in square brackets. My desire throughout has been to make no changes except in passages which I felt sure Mr. Green would have altered had his attention been called to them. With the further object of rendering the work as intelligible as possible to the general reader I have ventured to print an analysis. Mr. Green would probably have followed the plan he adopted in the Introduction to Hume, and have placed a short abstract on the margins of the pages. I have thought it better to print my analysis as a Table of Contents, as that arrangement clearly separates my work from the authors, and will also probably be the most useful to those who care to read an analysis at all. Perhaps I may further suggest to any reader who is unaccustomed to metaphysical and psychological discussions that much of the authors ethical views, though not their scientific basis, may be gathered from the Third and Fourth Books alone. It has been already explained that the book was leftunfinished. But on the whole I thought it best to make no attempt to add anything, especially as the comparison x EDITORS PREFACE which occupies the last chapter seems to have reached a natural conclusion. The reader will also find in the text indications of subjects which were to have been dis cussed. In particular the author at any rate at one time intended to introduce a criticism of Kants ethical views see page 177. But I think this intention must have been abandoned during the composition of the book, and, as it is hoped that before long Mr...

T. H. Green (1836-82) was a leading member of the British Idealist movement, which adopted the continental philosophy of Hegel and Kant while rejecting utilitarianism. As well as being a prominent philosopher, Green was an influential educational reformer and an active member of the Liberal party. Green's writings can be placed into three categories: religion, philosophy and politics. This work was the most complete statement of Green's philosophy, although it remained unfinished at his death (though parts had been published in the philosophical review Mind in 1882). Edited by A. C. Bradley, a former student and brother of Green's fellow Idealist F. H. Bradley, the book, which contains four parts (on metaphysics, the will, the moral ideal and progress, and the application of moral philosophy to the guidance of conduct), was published posthumously in 1883. Like other Idealists, Green criticised empiricism for creating an unnecessary dualism between thought and the real.

This is a new edition of T. H. Green's Prolegomena to Ethics (1883), a classic of modern philosophy, in which Green sets out his perfectionist ethical theory. In addition to the text of the Prolegomena itself, this new edition provides an introductory essay, a bibliographical essay, and an index. Brink's extended editorial introduction examines the context, themes, and significance of Green's work and will be of special interest to readers working on the history of ethics, ethical theory, political philosophy, and nineteenth century philosophy.

This is a new edition of T. H. Green's Prolegomena to Ethics (1883), a classic of modern philosophy, in which Green sets out his perfectionist ethical theory. In addition to the text of the Prolegomena itself, this new edition provides an introductory essay, a bibliographical essay, and an index. Brink's extended editorial introduction examines the context, themes, and significance of Green's work and will be of special interest to readers working on the history of ethics, ethical theory, political philosophy, and nineteenth century philosophy.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1898 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1898 Edition.

1898. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766154106. Volume 1 of 2. Being an attempt to introduce the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects, and dialogues concerning natural religion. Contents: Book I Of the Understanding: of ideas, their origin, composition, abstraction, connexion, etc.; of the ideas of space and time; of knowledge and probability; of the skeptical and other systems of philosophy.

1898. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766154971. Volume 2 of 2. Being an attempt to introduce the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects, and dialogues concerning natural religion. Contents: Book II Of the Passions: of pride and humility; of love and hatred; of the will and direct passions; Book III Of Morals: of virtue and vice in general; of justice and injustice; of the other virtues and vices.

1898. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766154971. Volume 2 of 2. Being an attempt to introduce the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects, and dialogues concerning natural religion. Contents: Book II Of the Passions: of pride and humility; of love and hatred; of the will and direct passions; Book III Of Morals: of virtue and vice in general; of justice and injustice; of the other virtues and vices.

1898. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766154971. Volume 2 of 2. Being an attempt to introduce the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects, and dialogues concerning natural religion. Contents: Book II Of the Passions: of pride and humility; of love and hatred; of the will and direct passions; Book III Of Morals: of virtue and vice in general; of justice and injustice; of the other virtues and vices.

1898. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766154106. Volume 1 of 2. Being an attempt to introduce the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects, and dialogues concerning natural religion. Contents: Book I Of the Understanding: of ideas, their origin, composition, abstraction, connexion, etc.; of the ideas of space and time; of knowledge and probability; of the skeptical and other systems of philosophy.

1898. Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766154106. Volume 1 of 2. Being an attempt to introduce the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects, and dialogues concerning natural religion. Contents: Book I Of the Understanding: of ideas, their origin, composition, abstraction, connexion, etc.; of the ideas of space and time; of knowledge and probability; of the skeptical and other systems of philosophy.

EDITORS PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION THE works by which Professor Green has hitherto been chiefly known to the general public are his Introduction to Messrs. Longmans edition of Humes Philosophical Works, and his articles in the Contemporary Review on some doctrines of Mr. Spencer and Mr. Lewes. When in the year 1 877 Mr. Green became Whytes Pro fessor of Moral Philosophy, his main desire was, both in his teaching and writing, to develope more fully and in a more constructive way the ideas which underlay his previous critical writings and appeared in them. The present trea tise is the first outcome of that desire and doubtless it would have been only the first but for the premature and unexpected death of the author in March, 1882. Even the Prolegomena to Ethics the title is the authors own was left unfinished. The greater part of the book had been used, some of it twice over, in the Professorial lectures and about a quarter of it the first 116 pages was printed in the numbers of Mind for January, April, and July, 1882. But, according to a letter of the author written not long before his death, some twenty or thirty pages remained to be added, and, though with this ex ception the whole was written out nearly ready for print ing no part of it can be considered to have undergone the final revision. At his death Mr. Green left the charge of the manuscript to me and I have now only to explain the course I have followed in preparing it for publication. The manuscript was written in paragraphs, but other wise was continuous and I may add that it was com posed without regard to arrangement in Books and EDITORS PREFACE IX Chapters. For that arrangement I am responsible, and also for thenumbering and occasional re-division of the sections, and for the frequent division of a section into two or more paragraphs. I have also made the few cor rections in expression which seemed to be necessary, and in one case I have ventured, for the sake of clearness, to transfer a passage from one place to another. References have been verified and supplied translations of Greek quotations have been given, where their meaning was not obvious from the text and a few notes have been added by way of explanation or qualification, for the most part only where a mark in the authors manuscript showed that he intended to reconsider the passage. The Editors notes, except where they give merely a reference or translation, are enclosed in square brackets. My desire throughout has been to make no changes except in passages which I felt sure Mr. Green would have altered had his attention been called to them. With the further object of rendering the work as intelligible as possible to the general reader I have ventured to print an analysis. Mr. Green would probably have followed the plan he adopted in the Introduction to Hume, and have placed a short abstract on the margins of the pages. I have thought it better to print my analysis as a Table of Contents, as that arrangement clearly separates my work from the authors, and will also probably be the most useful to those who care to read an analysis at all. Perhaps I may further suggest to any reader who is unaccustomed to metaphysical and psychological discussions that much of the authors ethical views, though not their scientific basis, may be gathered from the Third and Fourth Books alone. It has been already explained that the book was leftunfinished. But on the whole I thought it best to make no attempt to add anything, especially as the comparison x EDITORS PREFACE which occupies the last chapter seems to have reached a natural conclusion. The reader will also find in the text indications of subjects which were to have been dis cussed. In particular the author at any rate at one time intended to introduce a criticism of Kants ethical views see page 177. But I think this intention must have been abandoned during the composition of the book, and, as it is hoped that before long Mr...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.