HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY.

THE LIBRARY OF PHILOSOPHY is in the first in- stance a contribution to the History of Thought.

While much has been done in England in tracing the course of evo- lution in nature, history, religion, and morality, comparatively little has been done in tracing the development of thought upon these and kindred subjects, and yet " the evolution of opinion is part of the whole evolution.

" This Library will deal mainly with Modern Philosophy, partly because Ancient Philosophy has already had a fair share of attention in this country through the labours of Grote, Ferrier, and others, and more recently through translations from Zeller ; partly because the Library does not profess to give a complete history of thought.

By the co-operation of different writers in carrying out this plan, it is hoped that a completeness and thoroughness of treat- ment otherwise unattainable will be secured, It is believed, also, that from writers mainly English and American fuller consideration of English Philosophy than it has hitherto re- ceived from the great German Histories of Philosophy may be looked fo In the departments of Ethics, Economics, and Politics, for instance, the contributions of English writers to the common stock of theoretic discussion have been especially valuable, and these subjects will accordingly have special pro- minence in this undertaking.