Phenomenology of spirit

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Hegel's Ladder.

>>9350861
You need to be familiar with the history of metaphysical thought (ie. Plato through to Hegel) through a few introductory texts, preferably at least two with contrasting approaches (for example, chronological vs question-oriented).

That is all that is absolutely required, but you are going to have a bad time if you don't read a few other philosophical works. I recommend healthy sections of Meno, The Republic (Plato), Metaphysics (Aristotle), Discourse on Metaphysics, Monadology (Leibniz), Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy (Descartes), An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Hume), An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Locke), and ESPECIALLY the Critique or Pure Reason (Locke).

>>9352290
What about Kant, I haven't read the book, but I know he directly addresses Kant in a few passages

My diary, desu.

>>9352529
Sorry, when I said "ESPECIALLY the Critique or Pure Reason (Locke)," I meant to write Kant as he is the person who actually wrote that book. So yes, ESPECIALLY Kant for the reason you mentioned.

>>9350861
>fully understanding it
nobody can do this

>>9352675
i read all of them and still im afraid, lazy, to read phenomenology, is it really that bad/hard? i liked kant, but considering all the shit hegel takes im left wondering if it'd be worth the investment.

>>9353140
hegel is a absolute genius, read him

>>9353140
Hegel is difficult, but If you've managed to get through Kant and all the others, you will be fine. Without them, you might understand some of the book, but not enough to make the effort worthwhile. If it is a motivation thing, then I get you. You have your whole life to read books, don't feel like you need to do this one if you aren't interested.