Contents
Foreword: On the Joys and Travails of Thinking
Translator's Note
Preface
Foreword
I. The Intellectual Has a Sacred Call
II. The Intellectual Does Not Stand Alone
III. The Intellectual Belongs to His Time
I. The Common Virtues
II. The Virtue Proper to the Intellectual
III. The Spirit of Prayer
IV. The Discipline of the Body
I. Simplification
II. Solitude
III. Cooperation with One's Fellows
IV. Cultivation of Necessary Contacts
V. Safeguarding the Necessary Element of Action
VI. Preservation of Interior Silence
I. The Continutity of Work
II. The Work of Night
III. Mornings and Evenings
IV. The Moments of Plenitude
I. Comparative Study
II. Thomism, the Ideal Framework for Knowledge
III. Our Specialty
IV. Necessary Sacrifices
I. Ardor in Research
II. Concentration
III. Submission to Truth
IV. Bredth of Outlook
V. The Sense of Mystery
I. Not Reading Much
II. Choosing Well
III. Four Kinds of Reading
IV. Contact with Writers of Genius
V. Reconsiling Instead of Accenting Opposites
VI. Assimilating and Living by One's Reading
I. What Things Are to be Remembered
II. What Order They Are to be Remembered
III. How They Can be Remembered
I. How to Take Notes
II. How to Classify Notes
III. How to Use One's Notes
I. Writing
II. Detachment from Self and the World
III. Constancy, Paitence, and Perserverance
IV. Doing Things Well and Finishing Everything
V. Attempting Nothing Beyond One's Powers
I. Keeping Contact with Life
II. Knowing How to Relax
III. Accepting Our Trials
IV. Appreciating Our Joys
V. Looking Forward to the Furits
10. Index