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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 1815 · Entry 7307

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p. 7051

Le quiétiste et le janséniste. L’un attend la grâce de Dieu, et l’autre […]n attend la présence. Le premier attend avec crainte, et l’autre attend […]vec langueur. Le premier se soumet, le second se résigne. Très inéga[…]ment passifs, mais également fatalistes.

Enfin le quiétisme est l’amour transi d’un état dont le jansénisme […]st la crainte.

The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume II: YEAR 1815

p. 7052

The quietist and the Jansenist. The one awaits God’s grace, and the other awaits [his] presence. The first waits with fear, and the other waits [with] languor. The first submits, the second resigns himself. Very [unequally] passive, but equally fatalists.

Finally, quietism is the shivering love of a state of which Jansenism [is] the fear.

T127.The two named terms, four waiting formulations, first/other/second sequence and submission/resignation distinction remain. The final fragment keeps unequal passivity and equal fatalism. The pronouns are not replaced with doctrinal names to repair or force their relation to the opening order; these are Joubert’s descriptions, not a new account of either movement. All four occurrences of attend are explicit as awaits or waits in English. [His] interprets damaged […]n contextually as en referring to God, without certifying a recovered French e; [with] renders […]vec and [unequally] inéga[…]ment. The English brackets cover whole counterparts rather than the exact missing-letter extents.

T496.Two separate paragraphs remain one undated unit. The damaged left openings certify n, vec and ment after inéga-; the initial e/a and the l/e continuation are not recovered. The first e-like remnant before ment lacks its complete left contour in original-size color/native 355, so it remains within the explicit loss. Paragraph 2 retains only st at its clipped final-line opening. Le and Enfin retain identifiable foreground initials despite adjoining show-through. The initial nominal comparison, l’un/l’autre, repeated premier, second, paired present predicates and très/également contrast remain. All text is roman; no reconciliation of the philosophical categories is inserted.

T128.Love and fear remain paired through the same unnamed state. Shivering keeps bodily and affective possibilities of transi. The complete 1798 Académie Transir entry includes cold or numbness, fear or affliction, and the trembling, abashed or affectedly timid lover. These support the rendering without determining one precise emotional state or a doctrine of quietism. [Is] renders damaged […]st; no French letter is restored.

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.