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The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

This book delves into the nature of intellectual life, examining the core principles and environments that nurture intellectual development. It discusses the various methods and approaches used in the quest for knowledge, offering insights into the spirit that drives intellectual pursuits. more

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Antonin Sertillanges
Antonin Sertillanges

Antonin Sertillanges was a French philosopher and theologian, born on November 16, 1863, and died on July 26, 1948. He is known for his extensive research in the fields of philosophy and theology, which has had a profound impact on later scholars. more

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“Within a raindrop there must be a heart- a heart that weeps the pain of longing. Look at her embracing her beloved and disappearing unto his yearning, but once again to set journey to the skies! O dear, so is our union, a short while in the beautiful home named earth; but we shall continue, until the last drop water drains into the earth and there are no more rays of sun kissing these tender leaves of green! And at last when the terrain shatters onto the Milky Way as tiny particles, O dear, remember, we will embrace once again to make a planet, a planet of love!”

“It is raining, perhaps clouds voiding their deepest longings! Upon the streams I have drove those paper boats to the farthest. Listening to the lonely drops of rain I am trying in vain to sing melodious, Alas the voice ends deep within! Were you the song within? O my dear, but I know you are silence that sings wordless, a melody hummed nameless!”

“When I closed my ears with my palms, I could hear the roaring of the ocean and closing my eyes I could see the majestic colours of the earth. Beyond the distant horizons of the skies, there was void into which I offered myself and vanished eternally! O dear, come to me, I will whisper the profoundest secret of the universe – it is emptiness!”