Beskrivning: Ernest Renan var en fransk forskare inom humaniora och religion och mycket inflytelserik på sin tid. Till hans mest betydelsefulla arbeten hör Jesu Levnad i vilken han betraktar Jesus som en historisk person istället för som Guds son. Renan förknippas också med tankar om vad som egentligen konstituerar en nation och med en liberal samhällssyn som politiker mot slutet av sitt liv.

Beskrivning: Ernest Renan was a French scholar with an interest in Semitic languages and religion and was highly influential in his day. Among his most important works is his Life of Jesus in which he treats Jesus as an historical person rather than the son of God. Renan is also associated with ideas about what actually constitutes a nation as well as with a liberal view of society as a politician towards the end of his life.

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