Renan

[ ri-nan; French ruh-nahn ]

noun

1. Er·nest [ur, -nist, e, r, -, nest], 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.

Renan

/ ranɑ̃ /

noun

1. Renan(Joseph) Ernest18231892MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopherRELIGION: theologianHISTORY: historian ( Joseph ) Ernest (ernest). 1823–92, French philosopher, theologian, and historian; best known for his Life of Jesus (1863), which discounted the supernatural aspects of the Gospels

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You mention Renan in your note, and the mention has sent me off into rather gratuitous remarks, you perceive.

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It is of those who have acceded with Renan "La btise humaine est la seule chose qui donne une ide de l'infini."

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He thought of Renan, who declares that on the Acropolis at Athens beauty and wisdom do exist, really exist, as external powers.

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Yesterday I wrote him a rather sharp letter, as I was indignant at the article on Renan.

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Jacob Grimm and M. Renan espouse a theory, in the main, similar.

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