To read modern lion-catholic philosophy at the present day one would really think that the world was presented to us ‘on approval,’ to such an extent does the conception of Value seem to dominate the discussions. Mr. C. E. M. Joad in the Spectator of October 6th last, remarks that four out of the five specifically philosophical books reviewed by him since the beginning of the year were to do with some theory of ‘Value. Dean Inge notices the fact in his God and the Astronomers, and has a whole chapter on the World of Values; while Windleband says frankly that what is expected from philosophy to-day is not so much a ‘theoretical scheme of the world. . (but) . .reflection on those permanent values which have their foundation in a higher spiritual reality, above the changing interests of the times.'

One would like to know by what authority Philosophy abandons its proper function so as to substitute appreciation for apprehension, and turn Metaphysics into a mood —be it optimistic or pessimistic. We will, however, make some attempt to discover why this strange, non-rational, man-centred change has come over non-catholic thinking.