164: How to study like Aquinas, with Kevin Vost

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Stthomasaquinas, Saintthomasaquinas, Mattfradd, Theology, Catholic, Dominican, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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🗓️ 25 June 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today I sit down with Kevin Vost to discuss Aquinas' advice on how to study better.

We also listen to a brand new awesome song by the one and only Emma Fradd.

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LETTER OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS TO BROTHER JOHN ON HOW TO STUDY

Because you have asked me, my brother John, most dear to me in Christ, how to set about acquiring the treasure of knowledge, this is the advice I pass on to you: That you should choose to enter by the small rivers, and not go right away into the sea, because you should move from easy things to difficult things.

Such is therefore my advice on your way of life:

I suggest you be slow to speak, and slow to go to the room where people chat.
Embrace purity of conscience; do not stop making time for prayer.
Love to be in your room frequently, if you wish to be led to the wine cellar.
Show yourself to be likable to all, or at least try; but do not show yourself as too familiar with anyone; because too much familiarity breeds contempt, and will slow you in your studies; and don’t get involved in any way in the deeds and words of worldly people.
Above all, avoid idle conversation; do not forget to follow the steps of holy and approved men.
Never mind who says what, but commit to memory what is said that is true.
Work to understand what you read, and make yourself sure of doubtful points.
Put whatever you can into the cupboard of your mind as if you were trying to fill a cup.
“Seek not the things that are higher than you.”

Follow the steps of blessed Dominic, who produced useful and marvelous shoots, flowers and fruits in the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts for as long as life was his companion. If you follow these things, you will attain whatever you desire.

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to Pines of Aquinas. My name is Matt Fred. If you, that's right, you could sit down over a pint of beer
0:08.0	with Thomas Aquinas and ask him anything, what would it be? In today's episode, I am joined around the bar table by Dr.
0:15.6	Kevin Vost to talk to Aquinas about how we can study better.
0:31.0	Welcome back to Pines with Aquinas, the show where you and I pull up a
0:35.2	Bastel next to the Angelic Doctor to discuss theology and philosophy, really pumped to have Dr.
0:41.6	Kevin Vost on the show today. Dr. Kevin Vost has done a lot of work in the areas of
0:46.9	psychology and study in Thomas Aquinas and today we're going to be discussing a letter that is said to
0:53.3	have been written by Thomas Aquinas on how to how to study better. All right, that's what we're
0:59.6	going to be talking about. And we get into a lot of stuff. We get into some brain science. We talk
1:04.2	about why music can help when we're studying. We talk about the importance of having a good place
1:10.3	to study. We talk about how to take notes and how to be a good active reader. We talk about how
1:16.7	social media is impacting our ability to pay attention to what we're reading. So it's a very
1:22.7	fascinating discussion. And I have a surprise for you. That's right. Are you ready? Seriously,
1:29.2	it's I'm really excited about it. So the music you just heard from Emma,
1:34.0	Fred, that's my sister. She's super great. You should look her up. Emma, Fred, okay. There's a
1:38.3	YouTube video out there somewhere of me and her singing in a coffee shop. If you typed in Matt,
1:43.5	I don't know, Emma. Yeah. If you're excited enough, you'll find it. Here's the thing though,
1:48.4	I just paid Emma, I just commissioned Emma to record a study album. Okay. So I love listening to
1:58.5	kind of ambient study albums when I study and when I'm writing. I tend to write in coffee shops. Okay.
2:05.7	And you know, want to block out that sound around me. Sometimes I'll listen to classical music,
2:10.9	but more often than not lately, I've been listening to these really cool ambient type,
2:15.3	yeah, albums. And my sister is really stupidly talented when it comes to this thing. And so she
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