There I saw the Black City, towers all stained,
gates once bright golden forever shut.
Heaven filled with silence, then did I know all
and crossed my heart with unbearable shame.
- Canticle of Andraste 1:11
Notices to myself: I'm simply taking note of sections I want to pay close attention to and possibly write commentary on in the future. Remember to at least attempt to write for a general audience. Splice together the Miller and Inwood translations to create paragraphs that make the most sense to me. Return once more to what I've written after reading Marx's section on Absolute Knowing in the Paris manuscripts, compare and contrast competing interpretations. Feel free to make a mess of things, one can always rewrite and revise.
20 paragraphs in total.
24 paragraphs in total.
53 paragraphs in total. This somehow might be the longest section in the entire book, I'll have to remember to check when I get home. So far, there is no section in the Phenomenology that I consider as boring as this section, even the Force and Understanding was more interesting on a re-read. I'll have to make sure to compare and contrast this section with Hegel's Philosophy of Nature in the Encyclopedia Logic as well as read that one book of secondary that I came across discussing Hegel's philosophy of nature in general. Greg Sadler's lectures on this section might warrant a watch as well. This is really the test of my patience. My problem with this section lies with the fact that I can't tell if it's really that boring or if I'm simply a dumbass, I'm leaning towards both. Kalkavage's exposition of this section was a mere 13 pages and it's about 30 pages long so I'd like to think he was equally frustrated. Another thing I find interesting to note, almost every part of Hegel's mature philosophy has a decent bit of primary explication, whether it's a book or lectures, except his philosophy of nature. There are no Lectures on the Philosophy of Nature, I'm almost inclined to believe that even Hegel was bored to tears by the subject matter.
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13 paragraphs in total.