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Ernest Renan
French philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
Joseph Ernest Renanwas a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote works on the origins of early Christianity, and espoused popular political theories especially concerning nationalism, national identity, and the alleged superiority of White people over other human “races”.
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Joseph Ernest Renanwas a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote works on the origins of early Christianity, and espoused popular political theories especially concerning nationalism, national identity, and the alleged superiority of White people over other human “races”. Renan is known as being among the first scholars to advance the debunked Khazar theory, which held that Ashkenazi Jews were descendants of the Khazars, Turkic peoples who had adopted the Jewish religion and allegedly migrated to central and eastern Europe following the collapse of their khanate.
20 Quotes by Ernest Renan
- 1.
Man makes holy what he believes.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
- 2.
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 RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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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.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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God, if there is a God, take my soul, if I have a soul.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
- 13.
When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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All history is incomprehensible without Christ.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)
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Communism is in conflict with human nature.
Ernest RenanFrench philosopher and writer (1823-1892)