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The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Joseph Joubert · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordIntromission here means entry or introduction into another body, the physical sense documented in the translation note.
- In JoubertThe struck body is said to generate no movement if it is too hard to permit either compression or intromission.
- In this editionThe English translation retains the technical word and the incomplete ending.
- A place to beginIntromission is paired with compression in a fragment about impact.
- English renderings
- intromission
Meaning
Intromission here means entry or introduction into another body, the physical sense documented in the translation note.
Use in the book
The struck body is said to generate no movement if it is too hard to permit either compression or intromission. The pairing matters: intromission is not merely a second word for compression. The smaller yielding mass begins a further note, but that explanation ends with an ellipsis and a marked gap. The lexicon cannot responsibly finish the proposed mechanism.
Places to read
- I, p. 238, entry 1, ¶2Intromission is paired with compression in a fragment about impact.
Translation in this edition
The English translation retains the technical word and the incomplete ending. The date embedded in this paragraph is retained within the larger manuscript entry rather than made into a new independent entry.
Source note
Beaunier 1938, I, pp. 238. The movement material at I.237–238 comes from a separate exercise book. Beaunier reports likely borrowing from abbé Nollet, leaves the extent of Joubert’s own contribution unsettled, and acknowledges omissions. This lexical witness does not establish an independently original physical theory by Joubert.