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Joseph Joubert

The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume II

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

Complete Notebooks · French with an independent English translation.

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French

p. 6767

[…]9 décembre.

Ecriture sainte. On y cherche l’histoire. On ne peut y trouver que la poësie et une forte impression de l’esprit de piété. Ajoutez : « la patience et la consolation », comme le dit Saint Paul, très bien commenté par Nicole.

The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume II: YEAR 1814

p. 6768

December […]9.

Holy Scripture. One seeks history in it. One can find in it only poetry and a strong impression of the spirit of piety. Add: “patience and consolation,” as Saint Paul says, very well commented on by Nicole.

T68.The nominal opening, repeated in it, only restriction and strong impression remain. Add is Joubert’s instruction, not a translator addition. The bounded patience/consolation quotation has a qualified parallel in Latin Romans 15:4, with the paired concepts recurring in verse 5. The specialist directly read the bounded Romans 15:1–13 electronic Latin text; no original Bible image, French or English Bible wording, or Nicole commentary was read. This does not certify Joubert’s use of a particular witness. The Nicole passage remains unlocated; the date preserves only a qualified terminal 9, with any preceding digit unresolved. The English comma follows American style inside the quotation; the French places it after the closing guillemet. The paragraph crosses 803–804 without a new division.

T195.The date preserves a qualified terminal 9: its upper bowl and descending hooked stem are identifiable, but left-edge damage prevents certifying an earlier digit or asserting that the day is complete. No preceding numeral is supplied. This single paragraph continues through the first two lines of 804 before its star. In the French source, the quotation starts after Ajoutez : and closes after consolation before the comma. Both conjoined scriptural nouns, the restrictive ne...que, the Saint Paul attribution and très bien commenté par Nicole remain literal; no quotation is replaced from an external witness. Plain initial Ecriture and poësie with two raised e components remain. The folded la at the 803 line opening and com at 804’s right edge are degraded but identifiable in color; the com-/menté wrap is ordinary and does not imply an extra lost m. The final attribution and all quotation text remain roman. Independent bounded comparison agrees with the qualified day suffix, named diacritic and incoming 804 continuation limits; no additional initial or paragraph is supplied.

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.