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Other philosophy communities have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it. [ x ]

"I thunk it so I dunk it." - Descartes

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Felt cocky, so i tried reading Hegel (hexbear.net)

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And boy howdy does my head hurt.

I'm almost through the preface, and i have NO clue what he's talking about.

So far, the only thing I've gotten is something about how a result is determined by the path that lead to it, and that a negation is not a destruction of something but just a further step forward.

But I have no fucking clue about his other concepts like Notion, Subjective/Objective, what he means by Science or how to piece it all together.

It really feels like walking in, mid conversation, in a foreign language.

Is the rest of the book easier to read, or should I just call it quits here?

I just wanted to better understand dialectics lmao

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[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Learn dialectics from an easier teacher. Check out how it's laid out in Constructive Criticism under the Dialectical Materialism section, which separately breaks down Dialectics and Materialism.

Edit: I thought I was on a .world community, you may be past this lol.