About
Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist born in Montignac in 1754. He studied in Toulouse and moved to Paris in 1778, where he associated with Diderot, d'Alembert, and Chateaubriand. He published nothing during his lifetime but left about 20,000 pages of thoughts and fragments. Elected justice of the peace in 1790, he was appointed inspector-general of the Imperial University in 1809. His writings were published posthumously from 1838.
* 1754-05-07 — † 1824-05-04
Major works
- Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert (1838)collection of thoughts
- Pensées, essais, maximes et correspondance (1842)collection of thoughts and correspondence
- Les Carnets de Joseph Joubert (1938)notebooks
Key milestones
- 1778Moves to Paris and frequents intellectual circles.
- 1809Appointed inspector-general of the Imperial University.
- 1838Posthumous publication of his thoughts by Chateaubriand.
Themes
The nature of the soulMoralityLiteratureReligionBeauty
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