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Ernest Renan was a French philosopher, historian, and critic, known for his work on the philosophy of history and his influential book 'The Life of Jesus'. His ideas significantly influenced the study of religion and the understanding of Jesus Christ.

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“Human cruelty took the form of a pact with the deity. A solemn oath was made to kill everything, in which people forbade themselves any display of reason or compassion. A city or a land was devoted to destruction and it was believed an insult to God if one did not observe the abominable oath.”

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“Every rebel is, with us, more or less a soldier who has missed his vocation, a being made for a heroic life ... The European race is a race of masters and soldiers. If you reduce this noble race to the work in a slave's prison like Negroes or Chinamen, it will rebel.”

Ifs Made Race Masters Prison Slave Soldier Noble Rebel Heroic Vocation

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“The prayer of the agnostic: "O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul."”

Ifs Soul Prayer Atheism My Soul Agnostic Agnosticism If There Is A God

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“Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it. By this we are all his disciples and his successors; by this he has laid the eternal foundation-stone of true religion; and if religion is essential to humanity, he has by this deserved the Divine rank the world has accorded him.”

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Book:The Life of Jesus

Source: The Life of Jesus

“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.”

Ifs Men Lost Atheism Mass Reflection Positive Atheism Dues Heroism Ruling Imbeciles

Author:Ernest Renan

About the Author

Born: February 28, 1823
Died: October 12, 1892
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 61

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