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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 1814 · Entry 7036

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French

p. 6509

19 juin.

... allient l’innocence et le repentir, tant ils se croient coupables à la seule pensée et presque à la seule mention de ce qui est mal. Ils se repentent pour les coupables.

The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume II: YEAR 1814

p. 6510

June 19.

... unite innocence and repentance, so guilty do they believe themselves at the mere thought and almost at the mere mention of what is evil. They repent for the guilty.

T203.The opening ellipsis and missing subject remain. The degree relation, repeated mere, almost and thought/mention distinction remain. They are not identified; for the guilty is left as the source’s relational phrase. The paragraph continues onto 788 without an invented break. Unite continues the source’s finite third-person plural allient under its opening ellipsis; it is not an imperative. No extra English subject is supplied, preserving the elliptical opening.

T509.The opening ellipsis is printed, not a newly marked reproduction loss; the finite plural remains without a supplied subject. The one paragraph continues for two lines on page 788. Both seule phrases, presque, the repeated guilt relation and final pour remain. The right-edge Ils retains identifiable I/l/s structures with abrasion; detached traces do not establish another mark or word. The complete date remains.

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.