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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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YEAR 1813 · Entry 6526

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French

p. 5489

La philosopho-logie et Des philosophologues. Cela ressemble fort […]ux politicologues et à la politicologie que j’avois remarquée autrefois. […]r il y a une grande différence entre un politique et un politicologue. […]ntre un poëte, ou un faiseur de poésies, et un faiseur de poëtiques, […]ntre un rhéteur et un orateur.

The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume II: YEAR 1813

p. 5490

Philosopho-logy and Of philosophologists. This closely resembles the politicologists and the politicology that I had once remarked on. [Now] there is a great difference between a statesman and a politicologist. [Between] a poet, or a maker of poems, and a maker of poetics, [between] a rhetorician and an orator.

T17.The hyphenated coinage and capital Of remain. Statesman interprets politique as the practical political actor here; no modern discipline or named figure is supplied. Had once remarked on retains the explicit pluperfect. Maker repeats, and the closing contrasts stay fragments. [Now] and both [between] words interpret Or and Entre from […]r and the two […]ntre residues. The damaged aux before politicologues has no separate English preposition after resembles; the remains ordinary English article use, with no separate bracket for a recovered French word. No missing French letters are restored.

T424.The lower-case/upper-case La and Des formulation and the internal hyphen in philosopho-logie remain. Native inspection shows materially incomplete openings before ux, r and both ntre groups; aux, Or and Entre are contextual possibilities only. Poëte and poëtiques retain their printed diaereses. No grammatical link or new sentence is inserted into the final comparison.

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.