La Vie Intellectuelle; Son Esprit, Ses Conditions, Ses Méthodes (Paperback)

from JDHomrighausen

first encountered Sertillanges' 1921 book of pithy advice in 2009, when reading it inspired me and changed my entire approach to the intellectual vocation. So while on my meditation retreat, I decided this would be a good re-read before starting university. I enjoyed it so much that I have ordere...

from antao

I have found it essential to have a flour sifter whose colour and brand status fits in with whatever mood I happen to find myself in. I have had a small outhouse and glass and wrought iron access walkway built to house the 87 sifters and 587 salt and pepper grinders without which civilised life w...

from KirkLowery

Sertillanges (1863-1948) was a French Dominican brother whose scholarly specialty was the moral theory of Thomas Aquinas. The book assumes a reader who is Catholic, open to Thomism, and sympathetic to the Catholic mystical tradition. In sum, I would characterize this book as a Catholic mystic's t...

from JDHomrighausen

first encountered Sertillanges' 1921 book of pithy advice in 2009, when reading it inspired me and changed my entire approach to the intellectual vocation. So while on my meditation retreat, I decided this would be a good re-read before starting university. I enjoyed it so much that I have ordere...

from antao

I have found it essential to have a flour sifter whose colour and brand status fits in with whatever mood I happen to find myself in. I have had a small outhouse and glass and wrought iron access walkway built to house the 87 sifters and 587 salt and pepper grinders without which civilised life w...