"1. Good is the object of moral approbation. The highest good is, therefore, the ultimate object of such approbation, the end of action. "2. Pleasure is that state of consciousness which follows upon the unimpeded performance (as such) of its function, by one or more of the parts of our organism." PROPOSITION I "The Good is relative to our faculties. For no object can affect us except through our faculties (Axiom 3); but to be known by us is to affect us; "Therefore, nothing can be known except through our faculties, or (in other words) except in relation to our faculties; "But the Good, or End of Action, is a possible object of knowledge (Axiom 2); "Hence the Good is relative to our faculties. "_Corollary 1._--The highest good of man at any time is relative to his faculties at that time. "_Corollary 2._--Since ideas derive their elements from experience, the idea of perfect Good, or God, can only be an idealization of humanity. PROPOSITION II "The Good is a state of Consciousness. For, the Good is a possible object of knowledge (Axiom 2); but all objects of knowledge are states of consciousness; "Hence the Good is a state of Consciousness. Or, the Good exists (or is capable of being known) only by affecting our faculties, or, in other words, only as an affection of our faculties (Proposition I); "But an affection of our faculties is a state of consciousness; "Hence the Good exists only as a state of consciousness. "_Obs._--... To speak of anything existent external to our consciousness, is, as we saw, a pure hypothesis, incapable of proof, perfectly unintelligible and void of utility. When, therefore, we make use of the ordinary dualistic phraseology, we must remember that the two worlds there distinguished are merely two divisions of the universe of self considered as distinct for convenience of language, but differing only as two classes comprehended under a common genus. PROPOSITION III "The Good is relative to circumstances. For, the Good is determined by, and therefore lies in action (Axioms 7, 6, Obs.); but Action is relative to circumstances (Axiom 5). Hence the Good is relative to circumstances. PROPOSITION IV "The Good depends upon the adaptation of faculties to circumstances. "For, the Good is identical with the end (Def.); which results from the performance of function by each part of the organism (Axiom 6). "But the function of each part is its adaptation to circumstances (Axioms 5, 6): Hence the Good depends upon the adaptation of faculties to circumstances. "_Corollary._--Since man is an organism composed of parts (Axiom 6), the whole good of man is the sum of the goods of his parts, and therefore depends upon the adaptation of all his parts to their corresponding circumstances. PROPOSITION V "The Good is Pleasure.