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The French Thomist A.G. Sertillanges, O.P., is most famous for The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods. The book is a moving and handy meditation inspired by Thomas Aquinas’ Letter to Brother John about what it will take to devote your life to contemplation. This is the first episode in a three-part series on The Intellectual Life in which Jonathan and Ryan examine their own lives to see how Sertillanges can help them out.

A.G. Sertillanges’s The Intellectual Life: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780813206462

The Ad Fontes Podcast, episode feat. Ryan: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/now-youre-talking-my-ancient-language/id1557560666?i=1000559442987

Robert Cardinal Sarah’s The Power of Silence: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9781621641919

Plato’s Symposium: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780674991842

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