used them; his commentary demonstrates the decompression and detailed explication Hegel's text deserves and requires. In the words of George di Giovanni, "for wealth of historical detail and accuracy of insight, there is nothing comparable in any language to this latest commentary of the Phenomenology of Spirit." By his own account, Harris's effort to "make Hegel speak English" was greatly indebted to his ongoing engagement with the philosophy of David Hume. References External links Repository of H.S. Harris's manuscripts at York University. 1926 births 2007 deaths English emigrants to Canada York University faculty 20th-century Canadian philosophers