The Intellectual Life. Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

Cover
......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Translator's Note......Page 20
Contents......Page 22
I. The Intellectual Has a Sacred Call......Page 28
II. The InteUectual Does Not Stand Alone......Page 37
III. The Intellectual Belongs to his Time......Page 39
I The Common Virtues
......Page 42
II The Virtue Proper to the Intellectual......Page 49
III The Spirit of Prayer......Page 54
IV The Discipline of the Body......Page 58
I Simplification......Page 66
II Solitude......Page 71
III Cooperation with One's Fellows......Page 78
IV Cultivation of Necessary Contacts......Page 82
V Safeguarding the Necessary Element of Action......Page 86
VI Preservation of Interior Silence......Page 92
I Continuity of Work......Page 94
II The Work of Night......Page 106
III Mornings and Evenings......Page 112
IV The Moments of Plenitude......Page 119
I Comparative Study......Page 126
II Thomism, the Ideal Framework for Knowledge......Page 139
III Our Specialty......Page 143
IV Necessary Sacrifices......Page 146
I Ardor in Research......Page 148
II Concentration......Page 152
III Submission to Truth......Page 155
IV Breadth of Outlook......Page 161
V The Sense of Mystery......Page 166
I Not Reading Much......Page 170
II Choosing Well......Page 174
III Four Kinds of Reading......Page 177
IV Contact with Writers of Genius......Page 182
V Reconciling Instead of Accenting Opposites......Page 189
VI Assimilating and Living by One's Reading......Page 191
I What Things Are to be Remembered......Page 199
II In What Order They Are to be Remembered......Page 203
III How They Can be Remembered......Page 206
I How to Take Notes......Page 211
II How to Classify Notes......Page 219
III How to Use One's Notes......Page 222
I Writing......Page 224
II Detachment from Self and the World......Page 234
III Constancy, Patience, and Perseverance......Page 240
IV Doing Things Well and Finishing Everything......Page 252
V Attempting Nothing beyond One's Powers......Page 256
I  Keeping Contact with Life......Page 260
II Knowing How to Relax......Page 267
Ill Accepting Our Trials......Page 273
IV Appreciating Our Joys......Page 279
V Looking Forward to the Fruits......Page 282
Index......Page 286