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aliases:
  - 'The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods'
  - La Vie intellectuelle
  - La Vie intellectuelle, son esprit, ses conditions, ses méthodes
author: Antonin-Dalmace Sertillanges
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  - philosophy
date: '2026-10-25'
description: a guide to the habits, conditions, and methods of intellectual work, grounded in a Christian understanding of study as a vocation.
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id: The Intellectual Life
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title: The Intellectual Life
translator: Mary Ryan
year: 1921
authors: Antonin-Dalmace Sertillanges
created: '2026-10-25'
published: '2026-10-25'
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First published as _La Vie intellectuelle, son esprit, ses conditions, ses méthodes_ in 1921. [Original edition](https://ccfr.bnf.fr/portailccfr/ark%3A/16871/0017519365).

The cover is the Catholic University of America Press edition of Mary Ryan’s English translation, ISBN [`9780813`](https://github.com/aarnphm/aarnphm.github.io/commit/9780813206462). [Edition details](https://utpdistribution.com/9780813206462/the-intellectual-life/).