Project Gutenberg 2010-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 115 Hamerton, Philip Gilbert 1834 1894 Hamerton, P. G. (Philip Gilbert) The Intellectual Life Produced by Marius Masi, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Intellectual Life" by Philip Gilbert Hamerton is a philosophical examination of the endeavors and challenges associated with leading an intellectual life, likely written in the late 19th century. The work navigates the complexities of nurturing one's intellectual faculties amidst various social, physical, and emotional factors. It emphasizes that while the pursuit of knowledge and intellectual growth is essential, it is inevitably marked by struggles and requires a commitment to self-discipline and resilience. The opening of the book establishes the author’s intention to explore the possible conditions fostering a satisfactory intellectual life. Hamerton reflects on the importance of physical health in relation to mental labor, sharing anecdotal evidence from the lives of notable intellectuals like Wordsworth and Byron. He articulates that while an intellectual life is often alluring, it invariably comes with obstacles that necessitate a balance between one's physical well-being and intellectual pursuits. The initial letters are aimed at addressing various individuals, exhibiting their unique challenges, and laying the groundwork for a broader discussion on how to cultivate a fruitful intellectual existence while recognizing the burdens that can accompany such a path. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Culture Self-culture Intellectual life LC Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Teaching & Education 965930 965921 2024-09-13T13:14:21.402468 2023-09-14T07:19:48.246325 text/html text/html 965905 2017-06-19T08:06:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 340834 2017-06-19T08:06:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 397193 2024-09-13T13:14:35.651892 application/epub+zip 411777 2024-09-13T13:14:24.562079 application/epub+zip 411777 2024-09-13T13:14:22.832012 application/epub+zip 728476 2024-09-13T13:14:43.645893 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 698858 2024-09-13T13:14:33.841926 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 699304 2022-09-14T16:37:45.396609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 855011 854909 2024-09-13T13:14:19.662515 2023-09-14T07:19:46.574288 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 854552 2017-06-19T08:06:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 317722 2017-06-19T08:06:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 854569 2017-06-19T08:06:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 317395 2017-06-19T08:06:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20458 2024-09-13T13:14:43.795864 application/rdf+xml 11266 2024-09-13T13:14:23.237940 image/jpeg 2975 2024-09-13T13:14:23.032989 image/jpeg 385913 2024-09-13T13:14:21.480465 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia