Joseph Joubert

Joseph Joubert (born May 6, 1754, Montignac, France—died May 3, 1824, Paris) was a French man of letters who wrote on philosophical, moral, and literary topics. Joubert went to Paris in 1778; there he came into contact with Denis Diderot and Louis, marquis de Fontanes, the latter of whom would remain a lifelong friend. Joubert married in 1793 and subsequently retired to Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, the site of his wife’s family home, although he also spent time...