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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Cassian, John, author. | Kreiner, Jamie, translator.

Title: How to focus: a monastic guide for an age of distraction / John Cassian; selected, translated, and introduced by Jamie Kreiner.

Description: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. | Series: Ancient wisdom for modern readers | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023010545 (print) | LCCN 2023010546 (ebook) | ISBN 9780691208084 (hardback) | ISBN 9780691250151 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Attention—Early works to 1800. | Distraction (Psychology)—Early works to 1800. | Spiritual life—Early works to 1800.

Classification: LCC BR65.C32 E5 2024 (print) | LCC BR65.C32 (ebook) | DDC 153.7/33—dc23/eng/20230703

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023010545

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023010546

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