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Joubert -- Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert

Joubert. ---- Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert. translated by George H. Calvert, author of "First Years in Europe," "The Gentleman," etc. Preceded by a Notice of Joubert by the Translator Also includes newspaper clippings attached to the endpapers of various reviews of the book and a curious blurb about lectures given in Boston by Charles Eliot Norton. copyright 1866 CONTENTS NOTICE OF JOSEPH JOUBERT I. OF GOD, CREATION, ETERNITY, PIETY, RELIGION II. THE CHAPTERS. (LES CHAPITRES) III. OF MAN, OF ORGANS, THE SOUL AND THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES IV. OF THE NATURE OF MINDS V. OF THE PASSIONS AND THE AFFECTIONS OF THE SOUL VI. WHAT IS MODESTY? VII. OF THE DIFFERENT AGES, OF LIFE, DISEASE, AND DEATH VIII. OF THE FAMILY AND OF HOME, OF SOCIETY, CONVERSATION, POLITENESS, AND MANNERS IX. OF WISDOM, VIRTUE, MORALITY, RULE, AND DUTY X. OF ORDER AND CHANCE, OF GOOD AND EVIL, OF TRUTH AND ERROR XI. OF PHILOSOPHY, OF METAPHYSIC, OF ABSTRACTIONS, OF LOGIC, OF SYSTEMS; OF SPACE, OF TIME, OF LIGHT, OF AIR, ETC. XII. OF GOVERNMENTS AND CONSTITUTIONS; OF LIBERTY, OF JUSTICE AND THE LAWS; OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MORALS, OF THE CHARACTER OF NATIONS XIII. OF ANTIQUITY; OF THE AGE XIV. OF EDUCATION

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