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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 1815 · Entry 7429

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French

p. 7295

Il faut aller au ciel. Là sont dans leurs types toutes les choses, toutes les vérités, tous les plaisirs dont nous n’avons ici que les ombres.

Le type, l’empreinte, et l’image dans l’esprit. L’image (à cause de son lieu) est plus belle que l’empreinte (à cause du sien); mais l’idée divine est plus belle que le type même qui est plus beau que tout le reste.

The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume II: YEAR 1815

p. 7296

One must go to heaven. There, in their types, are all things, all truths, all pleasures of which we have here only the shadows.

The type, the imprint, and the image in the mind. The image (because of its place) is more beautiful than the imprint (because of its own); but the divine idea is more beautiful than the type itself, which is more beautiful than all the rest.

T267.The obligation, there/here contrast, all three all terms and only-shadows relation remain. Types preserves the technical source noun instead of choosing a single philosophical doctrine or replacing it with ordinary examples.

T619.Two separate paragraphs remain one unit. The obligation, repeated universal quantifiers, here and restrictive ne...que remain. The second nominal list retains the comma before et, paired full parentheses, three comparative predicates, type même and final tout le reste. The tou-/tes wrap is complete.

T268.The nominal three-term opening and all three more-beautiful comparisons remain. Both causal parentheses retain their distinct possessive references; their places are not silently specified as matter or soul. Itself and all-the-rest preserve the final hierarchy without an external attribution.

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.