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The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume I

Name: The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume I
Author: Joseph Joubert

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YEAR 1798 · Entry 1017

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French

p. 2033

1ᵉʳ juin.

Là nous aurons tous le même scavoir ou les mêmes ignorances. Et par conséquent rien ne pourra nous désunir. Aucune diversité de sentimens ou d’opinions n’engendrera les différences, les disputes, les dissentions. Vous savez ce qu’a dit Platon.

The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume I: YEAR 1798

p. 2034

June 1.

There we shall all have the same knowledge or the same ignorances. Consequently nothing will be able to disunite us. No diversity of feelings or opinions will engender differences, disputes, dissensions. You know what Plato said.

S1.Source editor’s annotationAmong a few memorandum notes, I pick out this: “Brown nankeen at 2.ff. 10 s. 8 aunes for breeches and frock coat. — Adèle de Senanges is by Mme de Flatau, sister-in-law of M. Dangevilliers (émigrée). She is at most 30 and a few years old.” June 1, 1798.) — A little farther on, Saturday, June 7: “Mlle d.Ch-m-rcx.” (Mlle de Chomorceau.)

T25.The source’s spellings of Adèle de Senanges, Flatau, and Dangevilliers are retained. The feminine émigrée points back to Mme de Flatau despite following the man’s name. The aune is a historical measure of length, left unconverted. The anomalous Saturday, June 7 and unmatched closing parenthesis are preserved.

T81.The closing parenthesis after 1798.) has no corresponding opening parenthesis in the printed note. The names and date wording are retained without bibliographical regularization.

About This Reading Edition

Joubert’s notebooks return to the work of thinking and writing, the demands of friendship, and questions of faith, beauty and conduct. This edition pairs the French with a new English translation, preserving the order of the chosen source and the unfinished character of its fragments. Dates and source references allow readers to follow a thought through time or return to its printed context.

Historical Text and Translation

The French text follows André Beaunier’s 1938 edition of Les Carnets de Joseph Joubert, published by Gallimard from Joubert’s autograph manuscripts. Volume I presents the entries on printed pages 32–475. French and English are aligned paragraph by paragraph, retaining the source order, printed dates and page references so readers can return to the facsimile.

About Diotimos Editions

Diotimos Editions prepared this new English translation directly from the French, preserving Joubert’s distinctions, recurring images, ambiguities and unfinished thoughts. Translator’s notes clarify wording, references and uncertain readings: Essential keeps notes that help explain a passage, while All includes technical detail. Annotations from the 1938 source edition remain distinct from the new translator’s notes.

Rights

The linked facsimile records identify the French source as public domain in the United States. The new English translation and editorial notes are © 2026 Diotimos, with source annotations and new editorial contributions credited separately. This edition pairs the complete French notebooks with an independent English translation, preserving the distinction between Joubert’s text and its accompanying notes.