Born in London in 1944 and educated at Alleyn's School and University College, Oxford, Michael Inwood studied classics and specialised in philosophy. Most of Inwood's publications were on German philosophy, especially Hegel and Heidegger, but occasionally on Greek philosophy. Inwood was a Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, from 1967 until 2011, and was later an Emeritus Fellow of the College.

Inwood's guide is both more textually engaged and more philosophically sophisticated than its predecessor [Miller]. The commentary on the Preface and Introduction is especially worthwhile . . . [the translation is] very dependable

• Editor's Introduction Note on the Translation and Commentary The Phenomenology of Spirit Introduction A. Consciousness B. Self-Consciousness (AA.) Reason (BB.) Spirit (CC.) Religion (DD.) Absolute Knowledge Commentary

Born in London in 1944 and educated at Alleyn's School and University College, Oxford, Michael Inwood studied classics and specialised in philosophy. Most of Inwood's publications were on German philosophy, especially Hegel and Heidegger, but occasionally on Greek philosophy. Inwood was a Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, from 1967 until 2011, and was later an Emeritus Fellow of the College.

Inwood's guide is both more textually engaged and more philosophically sophisticated than its predecessor [Miller]. The commentary on the Preface and Introduction is especially worthwhile . . . [the translation is] very dependable

• Editor's Introduction Note on the Translation and Commentary The Phenomenology of Spirit Introduction A. Consciousness B. Self-Consciousness (AA.) Reason (BB.) Spirit (CC.) Religion (DD.) Absolute Knowledge Commentary