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Ernest Renan

About the Author

Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a philosopher born in the French province of Brittany. He was a passionate scholar of Biblical philology and early Christianity. Anatole France called him the incarnation of modernity. His works include La Réforme intellectuelle et morale (1871), Dialogues philosophiques (1871), Antichrist (1876), Ecclesiastes (1882), and L’Avenir de la science (1890).

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