The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods - Softcover

Sertillanges, A.G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813206464 ISBN 13: 9780813206462

Publisher: Catholic University America Pr, 1992

Synopsis

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.

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Review

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

Synopsis

This text is about intellectual life, its spirit, conditions and methods.

Edition details

• Publisher: Catholic University America Pr
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813206464
• ISBN 13: 9780813206462
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246