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Some Of The Thoughts Of Joseph Joubert
Some Of The Thoughts Of Joseph Joubert is a book written by French moralist and essayist Joseph Joubert, and first published in 1867. The book is a collection of Joubert's most profound and insightful thoughts, musings, and aphorisms on a wide range of topics, including love, friendship, life, death, nature, art, literature, philosophy, and religion. Joubert's writing style is characterized by its simplicity, clarity, and elegance, and his thoughts are expressed in a concise and memorable manner. His ideas are often timeless and universal, and they offer a unique perspective on the human condition, as well as on the nature of existence itself. Some Of The Thoughts Of Joseph Joubert is a book that offers readers a glimpse into the mind of one of the most insightful and influential thinkers of the 19th century. It is a book that will inspire, challenge, and provoke readers to think deeply about the world around them, and to consider the meaning and purpose of their own lives.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
- GenresPhilosophy
168 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1838
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Joseph Joubert
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Joseph Joubert, prêtre catholique et un organiste
Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées published posthumously.
From the age of 14 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 friends with young writer and diplomat Chateaubriand.
He alternated between living in Paris with his friends and life in the privacy of the countryside in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. He was appointed inspector-general of the University under Napoleon.
Joubert published nothing during his lifetime, but he wrote a copious amount of letters and filled sheets of paper and small notebooks with thoughts about the nature of human existence, literature 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, also of Joubert's correspondence.
Somewhat of the Epicurean school of philosophy, Joubert enjoyed even his own suffering as he believed sickness gave subtlety to the soul.
Joubert's works have been translated into numerous languages, into English by Paul Auster, amongst others.
Other authors publishing under this name are:
Joseph Joubert, prêtre catholique et un organiste
Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées published posthumously.
From the age of 14 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 friends with young writer and diplomat Chateaubriand.
He alternated between living in Paris with his friends and life in the privacy of the countryside in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. He was appointed inspector-general of the University under Napoleon.
Joubert published nothing during his lifetime, but he wrote a copious amount of letters and filled sheets of paper and small notebooks with thoughts about the nature of human existence, literature 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, also of Joubert's correspondence.
Somewhat of the Epicurean school of philosophy, Joubert enjoyed even his own suffering as he believed sickness gave subtlety to the soul.
Joubert's works have been translated into numerous languages, into English by Paul Auster, amongst others.
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September 7, 2023
“Gli esseri spirituali hanno per gli aspetti pratici della vita il medesimo atteggiamento degli ignoranti pei libri: non ne capiscono niente.”
“Siate come un terreno vergine, e se la superficie fosse esausta, sconvolgetela. Simili ai campi sono gli spiriti umani: più feconda, in alcuni, la superficie; la zolla giù nel profondo, negli altri.
Ma io non ho più superficie.”
“Siate come un terreno vergine, e se la superficie fosse esausta, sconvolgetela. Simili ai campi sono gli spiriti umani: più feconda, in alcuni, la superficie; la zolla giù nel profondo, negli altri.
Ma io non ho più superficie.”
October 15, 2017
"Bisogna riconoscere le proprie tenebre." (p. 40)
"Di coloro ai quali il mondo non basta: i santi, i conquistatori, i poeti e tutti gli amatori dei libri." (p. 277)
"I libri consolano degli uomini." (p. 315)
"Tormentato dalla maledetta ambizione di mettere sempre tutto un libro in una pagina, tutta una pagina in una frase e questa frase in una parola. Sono io." (p. 350)
"Di coloro ai quali il mondo non basta: i santi, i conquistatori, i poeti e tutti gli amatori dei libri." (p. 277)
"I libri consolano degli uomini." (p. 315)
"Tormentato dalla maledetta ambizione di mettere sempre tutto un libro in una pagina, tutta una pagina in una frase e questa frase in una parola. Sono io." (p. 350)
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