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Joseph Joubert

The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume II

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

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YEAR 1813 · Entry 6523

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French

p. 5483

26 janvier.

Parler de Mʳ Jardé. — Quaynat. Parler à Mʳ Donyau.

I. A Mʳ de Champ; — Mʳ Garbay à Rouen, Mʳ Malard à Alençon, Mʳ Martin aux Andelys. Mʳ Bonno. — S’informer de Mʳ A. L. Delaunay au lycée de Caen. Remettre la lettre de Mʳ Graux et celle de Mʳ Gondouin.

2. — A la commission centrale. Authorisation d’enseigner pour Edme Gateau et Louis François Joseph Précy à Villeneuve le 27 octobre 1796.

Mʳ Liautard a recommandé au mois d’août 1812 Mʳ Cozette à Versailles pour une place de régent dans un lycée ou collège à 40 ou 50 lieues.

Et du 13 janvier 1813, Mʳ Mignon, etc.

The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume II: YEAR 1813

p. 5484

January 26.

Speak of Mr. Jardé. — Quaynat. Speak to Mr. Donyau.

I. To Mr. de Champ; — Mr. Garbay at Rouen, Mr. Malard at Alençon, Mr. Martin at Les Andelys. Mr. Bonno. — Inquire about Mr. A. L. Delaunay at the lycée in Caen. Deliver Mr. Graux’s letter and Mr. Gondouin’s.

2. — To the central commission. Authorization to teach for Edme Gateau and Louis François Joseph Précy at Villeneuve on October 27, 1796.

Mr. Liautard recommended Mr. Cozette at Versailles in August 1812 for a teaching post in a lycée or collège 40 or 50 leagues away.

And of January 13, 1813, Mr. Mignon, etc.

T8.The personal reminder, period and dash, and distinction between speak of and speak to remain. Quaynat follows the collated print; the names are not expanded or biographically identified. Mr. renders the source’s raised-r abbreviation Mʳ.

T421.The five practical paragraphs remain one dated unit, in printed sequence after January 31. The first numbered label has a straight stem with broad upper and lower serifs, provisionally transcribed Roman I. rather than an Arabic 1; its label reading is qualified, without changing paragraph ownership. The next label is 2. Authorisation retains its printed h. The raised r in Mʳ is preserved throughout, with no title expansion. Names are transcribed without identity expansion. The historical authorization and recommendation dates remain inside their original paragraphs rather than becoming entry dates.

T9.The first label retains the qualified Roman I. reading, distinct from the next paragraph’s Arabic 2. The dash-separated reminders and abbreviated names remain. Lycée is retained as a French institution rather than equated with a modern foreign school. No letter, office or person is independently identified; Mr. renders Mʳ without expanding a name.

T10.The second source number and nominal administrative reminder remain. The full internal date, October 27, 1796, stays inside the paragraph and does not replace the January 26 entry date. Authorization follows American spelling; the French Authorisation retains its printed h.

T11.Recommended retains the past act. Teaching post renders régent in the educational context: the complete Académie entry of 1798 includes a teacher in a collège. No political regency, particular subject or rank is inferred. Both institution names and the unconverted distance remain. The source does not supply the distance’s point of departure. August 1812 remains an internal historical date.

T12.The conjunction and nominal fragment remain. No missing verb or document is supplied; the internal date stays within this fifth paragraph.

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 II continues the notebooks and includes seventy undated pieces. 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.