Philosphy 13

This is word for word the first paragraph of the notes my professor gave me about the reading he is asking us to do for the next two weeks:
Hegel is a very difficult philosopher to read-there is nothing that can be done about that. You cannot read him the way you read other philosophers - say, like Hume. Hume you can read line by line and not go on until you understand each point. If you try that with Hegel, you will never get anywhere. You have to understand the whole of Hegel's philosophy - his total vision - before you can understand the parts. you almost have to know ahead of time what he is saying in any paragraph before you can see that he is saying it. So what do you do? Well you have to read in a circle - and go through the circle many times before particular paragraphs become clear. However, some paragraphs just will never become clear.

Thanks for clearing that up Professor Kain. I was really worried I wouldn't be able to understand this jibber jabber. I am now reassured.