[71] (p. 40). Nic. Ethics, iii. 10. Cf. the subtle discussions in the subsequent chapter on the five kinds of false courage.
[72] (p. 41). Nic. Ethics, i. 2.
APPENDIX I
I
“Subjectless propositions” so the celebrated philologer has entitled a little work which, on its first appearance, bore the title, The Verba Impersonalia in the Slav Languages.
The change of name may well be connected with considerable additions in the second edition. The new designation would, however, even in the earlier form, have been the more suitable title. For, far from treating the special nature of merely one family of languages, the author sets up a theory of wide-reaching significance, which, while contradicting the prevailing view, only deserves all the more on this account general attention. Not only philology, but also psychology and metaphysics have an interest in the problem. Moreover, the new doctrine promised to bring profit not only to the inquirer in these lofty spheres but also to the schoolboy at present tortured by the school-master with impossible and incomprehensible theories (cf. p. 23 seq.).