First published in 1942 Reflections documents the life of John Henry Muirhead and the philosophical age that he observed. The first part of the volume derives from Muirheadâs own autobiographical narrative left unfinished when he died in May 1940. The second part features two final chapters written by John W. Harvey that comprehensively record the final stages of Muirheadâs life. Harveyâs chapters incorporate Muirheadâs unfinished final years of commentary and begin at the manâs retirement from Birmingham Chair in 1921. As a student and teacher of philosophy Muirheadâs life ran almost precisely parallel to what he himself refers to as âone of the most vivid and important movements in British and American philosophyâ. He came into contact with some of the ageâs primary thinkers and as such his own autobiography is important in providing an insight into his contemporary philosophical environment. . Language: English