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9780813206462

The Intellectual Life

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    9780813206462

  • ISBN10:

    0813206464

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1987-05-01
  • Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr
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Summary

A reprint of Sertillanges's classic reflection on the intellectual life.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Translator's Note xv
Preface xvii
Foreword xxix
The Intellectual Vocation
3(14)
The Intellectual Has a Sacred Call
3(9)
The Intellectual Does Not Stand Alone
12(2)
The Intellectual Belongs to His Time
14(3)
Virtues of a Catholic Intellectual
17(24)
The Common Virtues
17(7)
The Virtue Proper to the Intellectual
24(5)
The Spirit of Prayer
29(4)
The Discipline of the Body
33(8)
The Organization of Life
41(28)
Simplification
41(5)
Solitude
46(7)
Cooperation with One's Fellows
53(4)
Cultivation of Necessary Contacts
57(4)
Safeguarding the Necessary Element of Action
61(6)
Preservation of Interior Silence
67(2)
The Time of Work
69(32)
Continuity of Work
69(12)
The Work of Night
81(6)
Mornings and Evenings
87(7)
The Moments of Plenitude
94(7)
The Field of Work
101(22)
Comparative Study
101(13)
Thomism, the Ideal Framework for Knowledge
114(4)
Our Specialty
118(3)
Necessary Sacrifices
121(2)
The Spirit of Work
123(22)
Ardor in Research
123(4)
Concentration
127(3)
Submission to Truth
130(6)
Breadth of Outlook
136(5)
The Sense of Mystery
141(4)
Preparation for Work
145(54)
Reading
Not Reading Much
145(4)
Choosing Well
149(3)
Four Kinds of Reading
152(5)
Contact with Writers of Genius
157(7)
Reconciling Instead of Accenting Opposites
164(2)
Assimilating and Living by One's Reading
166(8)
The Management of Memory
What Things Are to be Remembered
174(4)
In What Order They Are to be Remembered
178(3)
How They Can be Remembered
181(5)
Notes
How to Take Notes
186(8)
How to Classify Notes
194(3)
How to Use One's Notes
197(2)
Creative Work
199(36)
Writing
199(10)
Detachment from Self and the World
209(6)
Constancy, Patience, and Perseverance
215(12)
Doing Things Well and Finishing Everything
227(4)
Attempting Nothing beyond One's Powers
231(4)
The Worker and the Man
235(26)
Keeping Contact with Life
235(7)
Knowing How to Relax
242(6)
Accepting Our Trials
248(6)
Appreciating Our Joys
254(3)
Looking Forward to the Fruits
257(4)
Index
261

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