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RE: Birds that didn't learn how to fly
Hehe. I love the pessimistic raven...
I think few people here on Steem know Hegel
That's sad. He's one of the greats, though not in prose but ideas. Maybe...maybe I just like to gently elevate the general discourse on Steem.
Your phrase ‘... as we all know’ is an attempt to ignore the fact that you may be surrounded by simple minds.
True, but I don’t think it matters much, since most of my readers are Germans anyway…
We avoid clarity. Like the plague!
I 50% agree, but the same goes for 'thinking' ;-)
Okay, you didn't hold it against me. Thank you. Hegel is controversial; some of his ideas were fresh and provocative, but in other areas I prefer to distance myself. Examples: his understanding of logic is impressive. His theories about the soul, on the other hand, I find... absurd. Would it upset you greatly to hear that very few Germans know Hegel?
It would very much so...
I find my mind not very receptive to his theories on spirit, reason, consciousness, etc. - most probably because I've already found my truth about them in other ways - not necessarily through systematic, elaborate reasoning or thinking, but through something personal, intangible yet lived, say... faith. But I greatly admire his logical approach when applied to other matters. I mean, we see how Marx utilised him. I'm only reading him because I'm trying to understand Marx better... Or so I hoped :-)
Good approach. Please don't neglect to read Engels as well as Marx; I find his ideas more appealing, for example, because they are more realistic and honest.
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Oh. Thanks for bringing him up. I never would have thought to read his individual works beyond what he co-authored with Marx. Is he not particularly well-known among Germans as well? :-)
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