Joseph Ernest Renan

(1823 - 1892), a positivist philosopher, historian and writer. Born in Tregami language (Department of CцЄte d'Armor). In 1832 - 38 studied at the church school Tregami language. He continued his education in Paris. In 1843 he entered the seminary of Saint-Sulpice, but already in October 1845 interrupted his studies in connection with that past religious crisis. In the period from 1845 to 1849 he taught at a small private school, combining work with training for university exams (in September 1848 with the brilliantly passed examinations for specialty philosophy). At the age of 25 years (in 1848) wrote a treatise future of science, long remained unpublished, and gained fame only in 1890. In the treatise the author relied on the principles of positivist philosophy. In 1849 - 1850 years traveled to Italy (visited Rome, Florence, Padua, Venice), continuing to work on his doctoral dissertation on Averroes and Averroism (defended in 1852). I got carried away in research on oriental languages and cultures, and in 1855 published a general history of the system and comparative Semitic languages. Of the articles published in the journal "Revue de Deux Monde in different years, amounted to religious history essays (published in 1857) and Moral and Critical Essays (1859). In 1862, visited an archaeological expedition in the Phoenician, Syria, Palestine and the Galilee. On his return he was appointed head of the department of Hebrew in п пЎп?п?пІ de France. At the first lecture, called Jesus 'incomparable man'. Lectures were terminated by the Government of Napoleon III. In 1863 was published "The Life of Jesus", which quickly gained popularity with readers and has been translated into many languages. In this book, Renan wrote about Jesus not as the Son of God, but as a real person existed and sought to establish his true life story. In 1875 he traveled to Athens. In the period from 1863 to 1883 Renan has created history of the origin of Christianity, and in 1887-1893 - History of the Israeli people. In 1870 Renan had been restored at the department in п пЎп?п?пІ de France, and in 1879 - elected a member of the French Academy.