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View submission: Something to start reading Hegel?
I would recommend starting with this short essay by Hegel, which I actually use as the first text I teach philosophy students in intro to philosophy:
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/works/se/abstract.htm[1][2]
1: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/works/se/abstract.htm
2: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/works/se/abstract.htm
Here, Hegel explains the difference between "abstract" thinking and what he will later call "concrete" thinking, an important distinction for both Hegel and the Marxist tradition.
Next, while the introduction to the philosophy of history can teach you quite a bit about Hegel and is a good first text, if you are reading Hegel for understanding Marxism, I think it's important to dive into the logical writings. While both the *Science of Logic* and the *Encyclopedia Logic* are quite difficult, Hegel's Berlin *Lectures on Logic* present his logical system in a much less complicated form with lots of good examples, since it's aimed at his students. You can also read the Berlin *Lectures on Logic* alongside the *Encyclopedia* *Logic*, since the *Encyclopedia* was designed for his students in order to accompany the lectures.
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