Joseph Joubert
Illustration — Joseph Joubert Joseph Joubert (lang; 6 May 1754 in Montignac, Périgord – 4 May 1824 in Paris) was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées (Thoughts), which were published posthumously.
Joseph Joubert
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- Born
- 1754. · Montignac-Lascaux.
- Died
- 1824. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
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- philosopher, essayist and writer.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour and Knight in the order of the Reunion.
- Languages
- French.
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From the age of fourteen Joubert attended a religious college in Toulouse, where he later taught until 1776. In 1778 he went to Paris where he met d'Alembert and Diderot, amongst others, and later became a friend of Chateaubriand, when the latter was a young writer and diplomat. He alternated between living in Paris with his friends and life in the privacy of the countryside in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, writing: "I have a hard time leaving Paris, because I have to leave my friends behind, and I have a hard time leaving the countryside, because I have to leave myself behind." He was appointed inspector-general of universities under Napoleon. Joubert published nothing during his lifetime, but he wrote a copious number of letters and filled sheets of paper and small notebooks with thoughts about the nature of human existence, literature, Christianity and spiritual life, and other topics, in a poignant, often aphoristic style. After his death his widow entrusted Chateaubriand with these notes, and in 1838, he published a selection titled, Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert (Collected Thoughts of Mr. Joubert). More complete editions were to follow, as were collections of Joubert's correspondence. Somewhat of the Epicurean school of philosophy, Joubert even valued his own frequent suffering of ill health, as he believed sickness gave subtlety to the soul. He belongs to the tradition of the so-called “French moralists.” Joubert's works have been translated into numerous languages. In 1866 "Some of the 'Thoughts' of Joseph Joubert" were translated by George H. Calvert. They were later translated into English again by Paul Auster. Matthew Arnold in his Critical Essays devotes a section to Joubert.
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Joseph Joubert is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour and Knight in the order of the Reunion.
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1754
Joseph Joubert was born in 1754 at Montignac-Lascaux.
1824
Joseph Joubert died in 1824 at Paris.
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Montignac-Lascaux.
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• Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert, published by Chateaubriand, Le Normant, Paris, 1838. Text online • Pensées, essais, maximes et correspondance de J. Joubert, preface by Paul Raynal, Le Normant, Paris, 1850; 1861. • Pensées, introduction and noted by Victor Giraud, Bloud, Paris, 1909 • Carnets, texts collected by André Beaunier, Gallimard, Paris, 1938; 1994 • Correspondance de Louis de Fontanes et de Joseph Joubert: (1785-1819), Plon, Paris, 1943 • Pensées et Lettres, organized by Raymond Dumay and Maurice Andrieux, Grasset, 1954 • Pensées, selected texts presented by Raymond Dumay, Club français du livre, 1954 • Essais: 1779-1821, complete critical version by Rémy Tessonneau, A.G. Nizet, Paris, 1983
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- The Thought and Art of Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), 1992
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The Thought and Art of Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), 1992
Poétique de Joseph Joubert. Étude sur la désécriture dans les Carnets
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- 1.Alain Favarger. Ami de Diderot, Joseph Joubert a trouvé un refuge dans ses cahiers. La Liberté. 22-23 10 1994. 14.
- 2.Maison Joseph Joubert - Visites guidées de la maison de l'écrivain Joseph Joubert. https://www.maisondejoubert.fr/.
- 3.Origines de l'association Les Amis de Joseph Joubert.
- 4.Association Des Amis De Joseph Joubert. Les amis de Joseph Joubert. 22 juillet 2022.
- 5.Une philosophie en archipel. 2022. 2383265705.
- 6.Pensées, essais et maximes de J. Joubert : suivis de Lettres à ses amis et précédés d’une notice sur sa vie, son caractère et ses travaux. Librairie de Charles Gosselin. 1842.
- 7.Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert. Imprimerie Le Normant. 1838.
- 8.Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert. Imprimerie Le Normant. 1838.
- 9.Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert. Imprimerie Le Normant. 1838.
- 10.Pensées, essais et maximes de J. Joubert : suivis de Lettres à ses amis et précédés d’une notice sur sa vie, son caractère et ses travaux. Librairie de Charles Gosselin. 1842.
- 11.Pensées, essais et maximes de J. Joubert : suivis de Lettres à ses amis et précédés d’une notice sur sa vie, son caractère et ses travaux. Librairie de Charles Gosselin. 1842.
- 12.Pensées, essais et maximes de J. Joubert : suivis de Lettres à ses amis et précédés d’une notice sur sa vie, son caractère et ses travaux. Librairie de Charles Gosselin. 1842.
- 13.Pensées, essais, maximes et correspondance de J. Joubert. Librairie Le Normant. 1850.
- 14.Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert. Imprimerie Le Normant. 1838.
- 15.Les carnets de Joseph Joubert. Gallimard. 1938.
- 16.Pensées, essais, maximes et correspondance de J. Joubert. Librairie Le Normant. 1842.
- 17.Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert. Imprimerie Le Normant. 1838.
- 18.Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert. Imprimerie Le Normant. 1838.
- 19.Les carnets de Joseph Joubert. Gallimard. 1938.
- 20.Pensées, essais et maximes de J. Joubert : suivis de Lettres à ses amis et précédés d’une notice sur sa vie, son caractère et ses travaux. Librairie de Charles Gosselin. 1842.
- 21.Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert. Imprimerie Le Normant. 1838.
- 22.Pensées, essais, maximes et correspondance de J. Joubert. Librairie Le Normant. 1842.
- 23.Pensées, essais, maximes et correspondance de J. Joubert. Librairie Le Normant. 1842.
- 24.Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert. Imprimerie Le Normant. 1838.
- 25.Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert. Imprimerie Le Normant. 1838.
- 26.Carnets tome 2, 30 décembre 1808.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 9
- Essais sur les pensées de J. Joubert, James Condamin, 1877
- Actes du colloque Joseph Joubert; [publié par l'Association bourguignonne de Soc. sav.] , Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Amis du Vieux-Villeneuve, 1986 [Remy Tessonneau, Jean-Luc Dauphin, E. Dodet, G. Pillard, J. Lacroix, P. Riberette, D. Goimard, M. Lagrange].
- Actes du colloque Joseph Joubert, Vallée-aux-Loups, Amis du Vieux-Villeneuve, 1988 [Pierre Riberette, Rémy Tessonneau, Jean-Luc Dauphin, Guy Pillard, David Kinloch, Jacques Bonnardot et Yves Leroux]
- Actes du colloque Joseph Joubert, Montignac, Amis du Vieux-Villeneuve, 1991 [Jean-Luc Dauphin, Paulette Fourneau, Edouard Guitton, Georges Buisson, David Kinloch, Patricia A. Ward, Valerio Magrelli, Bernard Baillaud et Jacques Bonnardot].
- Arlette Sadouillet-Perrin. Joseph Joubert vu par son frère. Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique du Périgord. 2002. 129. 191-2002.
- Actes du Joseph Joubert, Sens, Amis de Joseph Joubert, 2010
- « Georges Perros / Joseph Joubert », Europe, ,
- Le Chevalier de Pange ou la tragédie des trois frères. Editions Serpenoise. 2011.
- Sous le fleuve de lumière, Joseph Joubert, de mémoire. L'Harmattan. 2020. 978-2-343-21916-5.
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