Which is more impressive to have read?
>>25513090Hegel because there's a higher chance you're someone interested in the subject matter and have made an effort to wrap your head around what it's saying. Meanwhile 99% people just 'read' Finnegans Wake as a joke and then read the Finnegans Wake Skeleton Key and pretend they've understood it.
>>25513097Finnegans Wake isn't saying anything, rather it enables you to say everything
One is a mirror the other a brick and it's flying towards your head
you cant be serious
>>25513090>Meanwhile 99% people just 'read' Finnegans Wake as a joke90% of people who read Hegel are leftist troons that do it so they can post about it on bluesky
you only need one phd to understand hegel. to understand FW you need dozens.
>>25513923You dont need to understand finnegans wake
>>25513930i agree, but it's much more impressive to understand that book than any other, if im interpreting OP's question accurately
>>25513090If you claim to have “read” FW I’m going to assume, likely correctly, that you’re just a performative twat who wants people to be stunned at how smart he is. Thus, reading it actually has the opposite of its intended effect
Finnegan's Wake by far, just for that killer opening line:>Begin again, Finnegan
>>25514230It is much worse to condemn someone for having read a book than to boast about having done the work
>>25514260No it isn’t
>>25514303Justify why inactive criticism is better than boastful activity, or remain silent
>>25513923What is FW about?
>>25513933Does anybody understand it at all? I thought its like everyone has their take on what it MIGHT be about, but nobody knows for sure.
>>25513090Reading a book isn't impressive OP.They are just a collection of words written by someone.
>>25514315You’re the one who claimed the reverse was true first. Burden’s on you.
>>25515800i have walked through good chunks of books with minimal broad context of understanding so this is correct to me
I want to slap anybody who claims to enjoy FW. Oh get it, there's a church called Adam and Eve, and the river does run from here to there, and there IS actually Vico road, and recirculation ties back to Vico but it's also a toilet being flushed, get it, ah ah! It's so smart because it's one sentence but IT MEANS multiple things ah ah! it's not just references for the sake of references this shit is actually NIGHT-SPEAK, get it, because hurr durr when you sleep you don't make sense, ah ah! No. Fuck you.
>>25513090I don't know if its impressive to read any book. You'd have to write an essay on them demonstrating understanding before I'd be impressed.
>>25515857Reading a book can be admirable even if academic-level understanding isn't obtained
That don't impress me much.
>>25513090Unpopular opinion but I see Hegel being used more for performative flexes than Finnegan’s Wake out in the wild. Especially people who have read no other philosopher or classic lit for that matter.
>>25516843How many people have you actually met who have read either
>>255168493 to Hegel. 1 to FW.
>>25516855Rather small sample size on which to base general statements wouldn't you say
I haven't read Finnegans Wake but it sounds like the idea is that its supposed to be like the experience/atmosphere of a dream and how it all kind of blurs together when you're in that unconscious state or something >>25516843Because Hegel's philosophy is referenced a lot in political discussions and it was influential on Marx specifically
>>25517067you skimmed a wikipedia summary of finnegans wake but you are not prepared for what actually lies in it
>>25514230The word Performative is not a descriptive adjective. It does not describe a personality type and your loose usage of it should be condemned
>>25515857What if I got arrested right when I figured out how to read Finnegans Wake and didn't have time to write a dissertation about my discovery just to impress you?
>>25516843hegel is name dropped to give standard political takes faux gravitas
Marco is name dropped to give standard culinary takes foie gras
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