"I gave Kant's Critique of Pure Reason a shot. It was totally impenetrable."
Hard to understand, but a model of clarity compared to Hegel's Phenomenology of the Mind (or Heidegger's Being and Time).
Many of the philosophical works translated from German or Russian are a bit difficult to follow in English.
I remember being frustrated after reading Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations, thinking Austin covered the same territory in less than 5 pages.
"Hard to understand, but a model of clarity compared to Hegel's Phenomenology of the Mind (or Heidegger's Being and Time)."
What is it about German philosophers? Let's not forget Wittgenstein. Talk about impenetrable.
Actually, a lot of philosophy is just so much chop-logic and arguing about angels on pinheads. As a philosophical field, I find apologetics especially mind-numbing.