The Intellectual Life

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

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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