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What do i need to read to understand Hegel? Picked up The Phenomenology of Spirit and I can't even understand the Translators introduction

>> No.13110850

>>13110839
Kek

>> No.13110867

>>13110839
"Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition", by Magee
https://www.amazon.com/Hegel-Hermetic-Tradition-Glenn-Alexander/dp/0801438721/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_5?keywords=hegel+alchemy&qid=1557791755&s=gateway&sr=8-5-fkmrnull

it explains the context of his writing, shows who influenced Hegel's ideas, and how his ideas have been misunderstood by many.

It probably isn't the definitive explanation of his writing, but it's a good place to start.

>> No.13110888

>>13110867
Yea but i dunno if it would help with the actual text. I think an introduction to hegel would be better.

>> No.13110925

>>13110839
It's not easy to do this, but the proper background requires you to at the very least understand Kant and the development of post-Kantian philosophy up to Hegel, in addition to knowing basic ancient and early modern philosophy. That's nearly the same as saying that you need to know all of pre-Hegelian western philosophy. You might be able to get by without reading more than just excerpts or summaries in some of these cases.

>> No.13110939

>>13110925
>>13110867
I was told that it was possible to understand through textbook like books is what you linked a good preliminary to reading him or do I have to go back and read the whole canon

>> No.13110947

it's indecipherable gibberish

>> No.13110969

Why do you want to read The Phenomenology of Spirit if you don't like philosophy? Just to say you read it?

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>>13110969
I do like philosophy? I've read all the presocratics,Plato's collected works,Schopenhauers bibliography, and right now as I finished Stirner's The Unique and its Property I was introduced to Hegel through him. I'm interested in Hegel because I'm interested in his influence on Stirner but its not that i don't desire to go through the entire canon its that I would like to go see what Hegel has to offer. Plus the plan is to go back and read Descartes's Meditations and start to go up the canon with a much better bird's eye view

I want to learn hegel right now as it is

>> No.13111001

To read a work of philosophy you have to have a problem first. What is your problem which makes you read Hegel? What do you expect from him?

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>>13110991
Descartes > Spinoza > Hume > Kant > Hegel is a pretty clean route if you need one. If you are determined to go for Hegel, pick up something like Hegel by Charles Taylor, it's pretty neutral overall. Half Hour Hegel by Sadler is also based

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>>13111042
ty so much also I'll be pciking up Fichte and maybe schelling after Kant, seeing what Schopenhauer said about Hegel it probably helps a ton

>> No.13111062

>>13110839
It is possible to make it through the Phenomenology without having read all the typically listed prerequisites, but to do so you'll probably need to rely on some secondary sources to guide you. Check out this in-depth analysis which goes paragraph by paragraph: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gvlOxpKKIgR4OyOt31isknkVH2Kweq2

The Phenomenology takes a lot of time and effort to understand, but the result is worth it. Good luck.