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You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect.

Ernest Renan

Jesus, in some respects, was an anarchist, for he had no idea of civil government. That government seems to him purely and simply an abuse.

Ernest Renan

Ernest Renan

Ernest Renan

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Born: February 28, 1823

Died: October 2, 1892 (aged 69)

Bio: Joseph Ernest Renan was a French expert of Middle East ancient languages and civilizations, philosopher, historian, and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany.

Known for:

The life of Jesus (1863)
Renan's life of Jesus
History of the origins of Christianity
History of the People of Israel
La réforme intellectuelle et morale (1871)

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