Reading The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods | Alexandria
Read The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods by A.G. Sertillanges. Revealing how idleness powers genius, this 1921 icon turns modern productivity wisdom on its head. Sertillanges argued that regular periods of apparent "doing nothing" are essential for profound thought - a radical notion in our hustle culture. His key insight? The deepest intellectual breakthroughs emerge not from constant activity, but from disciplined leisure.