William Wallace (philosopher)

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William Wallace (born May 11, 1844 in Cupar , † February 18, 1897 ) was a Scottish philosopher.

He studied at the University of St Andrews and from 1864 at Balliol College , Oxford . In 1872 he became a fellow at Merton College , Oxford and in 1882, succeeding Thomas Hill Green , professor of moral philosophy.

Wallace is best known for his Hegel translations and Hegel interpretations. He found a close relationship between the positions of Hegel and Charles Darwin .

He died in a bicycle accident.

Works

  • The Logic of Hegel . 1873
  • Epicureanism . 1880
  • Kant . 1882
  • Life of Arthur Schopenhauer . 1890
  • Hegel's Philosophy of Mind
  • Lectures and Essays on Natural Theology and Ethics

literature

  • WJ Mander: British Idealism. A history. New York: Oxford University Press 2011, 41-43

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WJ Mander: British Idealism. A history. New York: Oxford University Press 2011, 42