“Imagination is the eye of the soul.”
~ Joseph Joubert
*Joseph Joubert
Born: 7 May 1754 Montignac, Périgord
Died: 4 May 1824 Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
A French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées published posthumously.
From the age of 14 Joubert attended a religious college in Toulouse, where he later taught until 1776. In 1778 he went to Paris where he met D’Alembert and Diderot, amongst others, and later became friends with young writer and diplomat Chateaubriand.
He alternated between living in Paris with his friends and life in the privacy of the countryside in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. He was appointed inspector-general of the University under Napoleon.
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