TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sertillanges, A.G.
AU  - Perkins, Mary,
TI  - The intellectual life: its spirit, conditions, methods 
SN  - 0813206464
U1  - 001/SER 
PY  - 1987///
PY  - 1998/// with new foreword
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The Catholic University of America Press
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Inspiration
N1  - First published in French in 1920, The Intellectual Life has been repeatedly reprinted and continues to inspire and instruct young scholars; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The intellectual vocation. The intellectual has a sacred call ; The intellectual does not stand alone ; The intellectual belongs to his time --
2. Virtues of a Catholic intellectual. The common virtues ; The virtue proper to the intellectual ; The spirit of prayer ; The discipline of the body --
3. The organization of life. Simplification ; Solitude ; Cooperation with one's fellows ; Cultivation of necessary contacts ; Safeguarding the necessary element of action ; Preservation of interior silence --
4. The time of work. Continuity of work ; The work of night ; Mornings and evenings ; The moments of plenitude --
5. The field of work. Comparative study ; Thomism, the ideal framework for knowledge ; Our specialty ; Necessary sacrifices --
6. The spirit of work. Ardor in research ; Concentration ; Submission to truth ; Breadth of outlook ; The sense of mystery --
7. Preparation for work. A. Reading. Not reading much ; Choosing well ; Four kinds of reading ; Contact with writers of genius ; Reconciling instead of accenting opposites ; Assimilating and living by one's reading --
B. The manag[e]ment of memory. What things are to be remembered ; In what order they are to be remembered ; How they can be remembered --
C. Notes. How to take notes ; How to classify notes ; How to use one's notes --
8. Creative work. Writing ; Detachment from self and the world ; Constancy, patience, and perseverance ; Doing things well and finishing everything ; Attempting nothing beyong one's powers --
9. The worker and the man. Keeping contact with life ; Knowing how to relax ; Accepting our trials ; Appreciating our joys ; Looking forward to the fruits
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