Thread 24860022

Hegel and Schopenhauer summed up

>>24860022 (OP)
there's no way hegel is this bad in german, right?

>>24860029
He’s probably worse

>>24860029
He's significantly worse in German, and German philosophy students often study him in English because the translations are less impenetrable than the original text. After Kant, he's probably the worst prose stylist in the history of major German writing. Schopenhauer, by contrast, is an absolute delight to read.

>>24860044
but the prose itself sounds better, right? there's some actual rhythm and flow to it instead of just being white noise, because i cannot imagine someone saying this stuff out loud

>>24860058
No

>>24860044
>After Kant, he's probably the worst prose stylist in the history of major German writing.
I am pretty sure this is largely a stylistic choice. I say this because Kant's Prolegomena is eminently readable compared to his Critique of pure reason. It proves that Kant CAN write in an approachable while still sophisticated way, but there was a preference to write more impenetrable and over technical way for the more strictly achedemic texts for some reason.