Ernest Renan Quotes
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The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.
Ernest Renan
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Author Details:
Type:
Philosopher Quotes
Category:
French Philosopher Quotes
Date of Birth:
February 28, 1823
Date of Death:
October 12, 1892
Nationality:
French
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Related Authors:
Blaise Pascal
Jean-Paul Sartre
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Albert Camus
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Peter Abelard
Simone Weil
Charles de Montesquieu
Jacques Derrida
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Select Ernest Renan Quotations:
Man makes holy what he believes.
Ernest Renan
God, if there is a God, take my soul, if I have a soul.
Ernest Renan
The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.
Ernest Renan
Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking.
Ernest Renan
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
Ernest Renan
All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles.
Ernest Renan
Communism is in conflict with human nature.
Ernest Renan
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Quote Keywords:
Human,
Individual,
Liberty,
Necessary,
Postulate,
Progress
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Dictionary Links:
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Individual,
Liberty,
Necessary,
Postulate,
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All Ernest Renan Quotations:
All history is incomprehensible without Christ.
All the great things of humanity...
As a rule, all heroism is...
Blessed are the blind, for they...
Communism is in conflict with human nature.
God, if there is a God...
He whom God has touched will...
I can die when I wish...
In morals, truth is but little...
Let us remember that sorrow alone...
Man makes holy what he believes.
No idea can succeed except at...
Our opinions become fixed at the...
Religion is not a popular error...
The greatest men of a nation...
The liberty of the individual is...
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar...
To conceive the good, in fact...
When people complain of life, it...
You may take great comfort from...
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