Ernest Renan
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2 Aug
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19th-century French intellectual whose writings were used to justify colonial rule and civilizing rhetoric.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentRyan HolidayThe Daily Stoic · Can Stoicism Fight Modern Corruption? · 19:09 · 2 Aug
…So with Marcus, we see him not only not be Caesarified, not be stained purple by the purple cloak of the emperor, but we see as the French writer Ernest Renan says that the throne was actually an aid to virtue.…
Ryan HolidayThe Daily Stoic · 12 Stoic Rules For A Better Life · 9:23 · 12 Jul
…One of Marcus Aurelius's biographers, the French Ernest Renan says that the consequence of all of Marcus Aurelius's austere philosophy, this could have made him stiff and it could have made him severe.…
William DalrympleEmpire: World History · 376. Algerian Revolution: Repression and Rebellion (Ep 2) · 16:26 · 8 Jul
…There's this guy, Renan,…
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