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Translator of works of G.W.F Hegel
Arnold Vincent Miller aka. A.V. Miller (October 1, 1899 – 19 March 1991) was a well-known translator of Hegel‘s Phenomenology of Spirit and Science of Logic into English.[1]
Miller was born on October 1, 1899, in London into a middle class family. He graduated from Hilldrop Road Secondary School in 1916. In 1917 he joined the British Army.[2][3]
Translation of the Phenomenology
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Miller’s 1977 translation of The Phenomenology of Spirit, featured a foreword as well as a line-by-line commentary of the text by J. N. Findlay.[4] At a time of renewal of interest in Hegel, It was a much needed improvement over the notorious shortcomings of the 1910 (revised in 1931) translation by J. B. Baillie.[5] Miller introduced independent paragraph numbering in his translation for the first time, which does not exist in the original German, but has proven to be useful for discussions and references throughout the years. Subsequent translators, such as Terry Pinkard and Michael Inwood have retained this numeration in their works with minor altercations.[6] According to Stephan Houlgate, Miller’s translation provides many memorable passages, which reflect Hegel’s own striking style.[7]
- ^ America, Hegel Society of; Center, in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation (1 October 1991). “Obituary”. Owl of Minerva. 22 (2): 254. doi:10.5840/owl199122234.
- ^ America, Hegel Society of; Center, in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation (1 April 1991). “In Memoriam”. Owl of Minerva. 23 (1): 124–125. doi:10.5840/owl199123117.
- ^ Lettington, Mary (1 January 1991). “Arnold Vincent Miller”. Hegel Bulletin. 12 (1–2): 122–126. doi:10.1017/S0263523200002810. ISSN 2051-5367.
- ^ Rush, Fred. “Book 1: The Phenomenology of Spirit, Michael Inwood (ed. and trans.) Book 2: The Phenomenology of Spirit, Terry Pinkard (ed. and trans.)”.
- ^ Mewes, Horst (March 1979). “Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. Translated by A. V. Miller. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. Pp. xxxv + 595. $29.50.)”. American Political Science Review. 73 (1): 221. doi:10.2307/1954762. ISSNÂ 0003-0554. JSTORÂ 1954762.
- ^ Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Fredrich (2018). “Translator’s Note”. In Pinkard, Terry; Baur, Michael (eds.). Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: The Phenomenology of Spirit. Cambridge Hegel Translations. Translated by Pinkard, Terry; Baur, Michael. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. xlv. doi:10.1017/9781139050494. ISBN 978-0-521-85579-2.
- ^ Houlgate, Stephen (2013-01-10). “NOTE ON THE TEXT”. Hegel’s ‘Phenomenology of Spirit’: A Reader’s Guide. A&C Black. p. xi. ISBN 978-0-8264-8511-3.
