The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
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"Discusses with a wealth of illustration and insight such subjects as the organization of the intellectual worker's time, materials, and his life; the integration of knowledge and the relation of one's specialty to general knowledge; the choice and use of reading; the discipline of memory; the taking of notes, their classification and use; and the preparation and organization of the final production."
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This edition includes a new foreword by James V. Schall, S.J.
Sertillanges asks in the preface of the 1934 edition of The Intellectual Life: "Do you want to do intellectual work?" He follows with the prescription: "Begin by creating within you a zone of silence, a habit of recollection, a will of renunciation and detachment which puts you entirely at the disposal of work; acquire that state of soul unburdened by desire and self-will which is the state of grace of the intellectual worker. Without that you will do nothing, at least nothing worth while."
First published in 1920, this classic has been repeatedly reprinted and continues to inspire and instruct young scholars.
The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods,A. G. Sertillanges,Mary Ryan,Catholic University of America Press,0813206464,History & Surveys - Modern,Methodology,Methods Of Instruction And Study (General),Philosophy,Sociology,Cultural studies,Religion: general,Topics in philosophy,Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
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