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Ideas of Joseph Joubert, by Text
[French, 1754 - 1824, Student of philosophy, friend of Diderot, revolutionary JP, Inspector-General of Education.]
1797
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p.27
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8093
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Seek wisdom rather than truth; it is easier
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1797
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p.30
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8094
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The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye
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1798
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p.43
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8095
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We must think with our entire body and soul
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1799
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p.51
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8096
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He gives his body up to pleasure, but not his soul
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1800
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p.56
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8097
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Virtue is hard if we are scorned; we need support
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1800
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p.60
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8099
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The truths of reason instruct, but they do not illuminate
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1800
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p.60
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8098
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Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has
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1800
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p.67
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8100
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Where does the bird's idea of a nest come from?
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1800
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p.68
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8101
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To know is to see inside oneself
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1801
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p.72
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8102
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We cannot speak against Christianity without anger, or speak for it without love
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1801
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p.74
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8103
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A thought is as real as a cannon ball
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1802
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p.78
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8104
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What will you think of pleasures when you no longer enjoy them?
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1808
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p.130
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8105
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We can't exactly conceive virtue without the idea of God
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1809
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p.132
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8106
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In raising a child we must think of his old age
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1814
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p.143
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8107
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The love of certainty holds us back in metaphysics
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