The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

When my friends are one-eyed I look at them in profile. More complete editions were to follow as were collections of Joubert's correspondence. External links
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article
Catholic Encyclopedia article
Joubert's works at Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French)
Review of translations by Paul Auster.

He alternated between living in Paris with his friends and life in the privacy of the countryside in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. More complete editions were to follow as were collections of Joubert's correspondence. From the age of fourteen Joubert attended a religious college in Toulouse where he later taught until 1776.