" VALUES."
[To vas EDITOR or ens ”SPOO1,7011....1 Sit,—Would you ask the writer of the article on Mr. Balfour'e lectures in your issue of February 14th to tell us what is the meaning of " values " in the phrase "A world in which aesthetic, and ethical values are greatly diminished" ? The term is now much used; but is, I think, of recent introduc- tion. It would be well to have its meaning defined,—I am, [In its most common literacy nee, " values " is simply borrowed from the terminology of painters with whom the phrase means the relation of tones. We have, however, sub- mitted ".T. F. R.'s " question to a metaphysical expert, with the following result:-
"' Values,' like all philosophical terms, is apt to be loosely used. It may be taken generally as the concrete form of the abstract 'value,' and denotes the different appraisementa which a quality, for example, may have in different relations."
We trust that this will prove satisfactory to our corre- apondent.--En. Spectator.]
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