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The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

by A. G. Sertillanges

A practical guide to intellectual work

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    Recommended by New Oxford Review

    The review calls the book highly recommended for intellectuals, students, and those discerning their vocation in...

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A practical guide to intellectual work

A. G. Sertillanges organizes the book around the habits and working conditions involved in sustained study. Its scope moves from managing time, materials, and daily life to choosing and using reading, training memory, and keeping notes in a form that supports later work. It also considers how specialized knowledge relates to broader learning and how to prepare and organize a finished piece of intellectual work. The emphasis is practical: the topics connect the everyday tasks of study with the larger process of developing and presenting knowledge.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Students seeking guidance on organizing study and reading
  • People reflecting on an intellectual vocation or sustained scholarly work

Themes

Intellectual work and vocationStudy habits and time managementReading, memory, and note-takingSpecialization and general knowledge

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Book overview

"Fr. Sertillanges's teachings are as timeless as any truths which describe the genuine nature of things. . . . This book is highly recommended not only for intellectuals, but also for students and those discerning their vocation in life."--New Oxford Review

"[This] is above all a practical book. It 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."--The Sign

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