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I've read about a half of Hegel's Logic and a bit of Phaenomenologie, but it's hard to get whether it is the translation or the intent ambiguous.

I know some Hochdeutsch and can read Nietzsche/Hitler/Heidegger with moderate success. I recently started to study Hegel in German and I still can't get what's in the language..

The question is whether Hegel is at all comprehensible in (e.g. English) translation. I know of books like 'The Secret of Hegel' but they are no philosophy to me.

Thank you!

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Don't know for sure but I heard Hegel's easier to read in English than in the original. Which doesn't mean it's accurate. – iphigenie Feb 14 at 1:37
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A common complaint regarding Hegel (one popular among analytic-oriented philosophers like myself) is that he is a bit of an obscurantist. If that is correct, which I suspect it is to some degree, then the difficulty you are having is to be expected. – Dennis Feb 14 at 2:01
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"A bit of an obscurantist" is a very nice way of saying it. Even our professors tell us to drink a glass of wine before reading him. Hegel is one of the worst German authors ever. – iphigenie Feb 14 at 9:31

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