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How to form a better ability to understand raw philosophical texts?

I’ve taken multiple philosophy courses so far and I always struggle understanding the raw text. I don’t take much away from certain readings from thinkers like Kant or Hegel and only start to get the basics once they are explained in class. I know some of these thinkers are extremely complicate but how can I start to be able to better understand these raw texts without explanations from professors?
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Read more slowly, reread frequently as you go, take notes as you read, review your notes and edit them and review parts of the texts until you have a good set of notes, supplement your descriptive notes with argument analysis of major arguments in the text, discuss your interpretation with someone who has an understanding of this material, and keep doing these things regularly (minimally, 1.5h sessions 3x/week) over an extended period of time (minimally, two years).