The book is a publishing event in every respect. The graphic condition is exceptional, fully supporting a book you will never part with.

The greek text, which made Isaac known to the world, is the one edited by the Iviron Monastery on Mount Athos, in critical form, but not limited to the greek manuscripts, but also compared with the syriac original.

The romanian translation is a new version, compared, whenever necessary, with the syriac original and accompanied by extensive and numerous notes clarifying obscure passages, often explaining the original term and its context.

In the Introductory Study, the life and writings of St. Isaac are presented, as well as the difficulties through which the greek text has passed to its present form. Also, as an absolute novelty, the main philocalic terms used by St. Isaac, in their Syriac setting, are presented at length.

We can say that with this volume St. Isaac the Syrian, the best-known and most widely translated philocalic author, becomes accessible to the modern reader in a twenty-first century translation, supported by explanations that make the text transparent and capable of interceding the light that the Saint wanted to share with us.