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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 1816 · Entry 7630

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French

p. 7697

[…]0 juin.

En quel sens il est vrai que l’injustice ne peut être suffisamment […]nie que par l’injustice. — L’injustice ne peut être suffisamment […]unie que par l’injustice, puisqu’il n’est rien de si cruël que de la souf[…]rir.

The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volume II: YEAR 1816

p. 7698

June […]0.

In what sense it is true that injustice can be sufficiently [punished] only by injustice. — Injustice can be sufficiently [punished] only by injustice, since nothing is so cruel as to [suffer] it.

T91.The first formulation retains its declarative period and the second repeats it without shortening. Both sufficiently/only restrictions and the reason involving suffering remain. It points to injustice; no means of punishment or recommendation is added. The two [punished] renderings correspond to […]nie and […]unie, while [suffer] corresponds to souf[…]rir. These broad conjectural English brackets do not restore lost French letters; the date remains […]0 juin.

T264.Only final 0 is complete in the day; the preceding broken upright/foot does not certify 1. The first punie opening has incomplete p/u structures before intact nie; the second retains intact unie but not a complete initial p. At souf-/frir, the opening f after the wrap is interrupted, leaving rir complete. No expected letters are supplied. Both repeated restrictive passive constructions, sufficiently, the causal puisque and nothing-so comparison remain. Cruël has two distinct raised e-components in color. The initial En quel sens remains dependent; no question mark is added.

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.