What are your favourite tips for reading difficult texts? Specific context: I have a whole bunch of phenomenology texts on my shelves that I want to read but are so much work that they basically act as a denial of service on my reading queue when I try. I'd like to fix that.
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oh and the other thing I do a lot is just give up. I look for things with the right level of 'lock' where I'm near to understanding but not there yet. If I don't feel like I'm near having a lock yet I don't bother. Being and Time can wait :)
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Yeah, I'm pretty good at giving up when I find something too hard. My problems are: 1. A lot of stuff which *isn't* too hard but is harder than I want to do right now. 2. The boundary of what is comprehensible is starting to feel like a barricade and I'm on the wrong side.
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