Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan by Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, circa 1870s
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a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, expert of Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic.
Born
Joseph Ernest Renan 28 February 1823 Tréguier, Kingdom of France
Died
2 October 1892 (aged 69) Paris, French Third Republic
adultbasic
France
era
1800+
Era
19th-century philosophy
Main interests
History of religion, philosophy of religion, political philosophy
Notable ideas
Civic nationalism
Notable work
Life of Jesus (1863) What Is a Nation? (1882)
Region
Western philosophy
School
Continental philosophy