| A conscience to oneself, a morality to oneself, a religion to oneself!—These things, by their nature, cannot be private. |
| —Chapter VIII, No. 28. |
Joseph
Joubert |
Joseph Joubert A Selection from His Thoughts
Translated by Katharine Lyttelton
More than 900 aphorisms from the witness to the French Revolution.
Bibliographic Record
Preface
Contents
Translator’s Preface
NEW YORK: DODD, MEAD & Co., 1899
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2011
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Of God, Creation, Eternity, Piety, Religion, Preachers, Sacred Books |
| II. |
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Of Man, the Organs, the Soul, the Intellectual Faculties |
| III. |
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Of Minds and Their Nature |
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Of the Passions and Affections |
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What Is Modesty? |
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Of the Various Ages of Life, Sickness and Death |
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Of Domestic Life, Society, Conversation, Politeness and Manners |
| VIII. |
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Of Wisdom, Virtue, and Morality, of Law and Duty |
| IX. |
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Of Order and Chance, of Good and Evil Fortune |
| X. |
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Of Truth, Illusion, and Error |
| XI. |
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Of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Abstractions, Logic, Systems |
| XII. |
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Of Space, Time, Light, and Sound |
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Of Governments and Constitutions |
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Of Liberty, Justice, and Laws |
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Of Customs and Habits, both Public and Private, and the Character of Nations |
| XVI. |
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Of Antiquity |
| XVII. |
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Of the Present Time |
| XVIII. |
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Of Education |
| XIX. |
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Of the Fine Arts |
| XX. |
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Poetry |
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Style |
| XXII. |
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Of the Qualities of a Writer |
| XXIII. |
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Literary Judgments. |
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Writers of Antiquity |
| II. |
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Religious Writers |
| III. |
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Metaphysicians |
| IV. |
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Prose Writers, Philosophers, Political Writers |
| V. |
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Poets and Novelists |
| VI. |
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On Some Romances of the Time |
| The Author, Drawn by Himself |
