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A quotation from Joseph Joubert
When we think what we do not feel, we lie to ourselves. We must always think with our whole being, soul and body.
[Penser ce que l’on ne sent pas, c’est mentir à soi-même. Tout ce qu’on pense, il faut le penser avec son être tout entier, âme et corps.]Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet
Pensées [Thoughts], ch. 9 “De la Sagesse, de la Vertu, etc. [On Wisdom and Virtue],” ¶ 52, 1798 entry (1850 ed.) [tr. Collins (1928), ch. 8]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/joubert-joseph/77134…
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