An imagined likeness of James Black Baillie, drawn from contemporary accounts and later engravings.
Sir James Black Baillie, OBE (24 October 1872 – 9 June 1940) was a British moral philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. He provided the first significant translation of Hegel 's " Phenomenology of Mind ". He is said to be the model for the character Sir John Evans in the novel The Weight of the Evidence (1944) by Michael Innes.
“G. W. F. Hegel” — a single phrase that gathers the spirit of the work.
Principal Contributions
- 01.G. W. F. HegelA concept central to James's thought.