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Nothing great is achieved without chimeras.
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The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.
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In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.
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The whole of history is incomprehensible without him [Jesus].
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None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us that miracles occur only in periods and countries in which they are believed in and before persons disposed to believe in them.
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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.
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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.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
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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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