Materials in this volume which were previously published in journals have been edited to avoid duplication, and in some cases revised and updated. Our thanks to the editors of the following journals for their permission to draw upon the following of my articles for this book.

"Soul and Spirit in Filipino Thought," Philippine Studies, 39 (1991), 287-302.

"Kagandahan: Filipino Thought on Beauty, Truth, and Good" Karunungan, 9 (1992), 106-114.

"The Filipino Counterpart of Being," Pulong, 16 (1993), 25-42.

"Numbers in Filipino Thought," Pulong, 5 (1982), 112-116.

"Lusot and Filipino Philosophy," in Verbi Praecones, Festschrift fuer P. Karl Mueller SVD zum 75. Geburtstag. Ed. by Kurt Piskaty and Horst Rzepkowski. Nettelal: Steyler Verlag, 1993. Pp. 245-252.

"Flipino Microcosms," Unitas, 67 (1994), 5-27.

"A Synthesis of Filipino Thought," Karunungan, 2 (1985), 61-76.

"Melanesian Philosophy," Catalyst, 18 (1988), 107-129.

Previously unpublished papers presented and critically discussed at seminars and conferences: "Filipino Philosophy of Man: Loob, Katawan, Sarili, Bait", the International Conference on Philosophy and Culture, 29-31 March, 1994, Ateneo de Manila University; "Filipino Environmental Ethics", the Philosophy Circle of the Philippines with the Asian Association of Catholic Philosophers, February 9, 1992, the Ateneo de Manila University; "How Filipinos Reason" and "Evil in Filipino Thought", the conference of the Philosophical Association of the Visayas and Mindanao (PHAS-VIMINDA), May 1, 1993, Cebu City.

Our thanks to Fr. Stanley Plutz, SVD and Mr. F.C. Borlongan for useful comments. Ms. Marilou B. Estavillo, did much of the computerization of earlier drafts of the various chapters. Final preparation and typesetting is the devoted work of Ms. Linda Perez with Hu Yeping. To all belong our deepest appreciation.