Status Updates From The Encyclopedia Logic

Really good guide as it was planned to be

Very interesting stuff, especially when Hegel takes 'atomism' to task during his section on quantity. Now time for the 'Essence'...

Marking this now before I get too far ahead and forget.

Not much to really say besides that, once I got past the introduction, a lot of things just clicked into place. Hard to really explain, you just gotta read it to get it.

The introduction alone is a bit of a doozy...I regret not finding a notebook in time for this. I suspect I will be revisiting the earlier portions of this book again and again, to seek more and more clarity.

That being said, something about this translation is just so entrancing I can't really put it out of mind. Exciting in that sense, can't wait to read more!

I feel humbled. This is actually hard. I need chatgpt to explain each paragraph in plain language- go back to read it at least 5 times- take notes and read it again and then maybe I think I get it 🤡🫠. This will be a long read, but I’m determined to actually understand.

Dazzling, intellectually overwhelming. But more manageable than PoS. Ive heard many times the fundamental question of metaphysics pitched as: why is there anything at all? I love that this book approaches the better framed question of: how does the absolute generate particulars? Why are there things? What is the productive differentiating force? Deleuze approaches this, Spinoza doesn’t and that’s why he’s ass.