Beyond Good and Evil · Character
Ernest Renan
French scholar of religion referenced in critiques of modern ideas.
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Also known as Ernest Renan
First appearance: iii the religious mood
Ernest Renan shows up with force in Chapter 48. The page is where that presence becomes real.
His refined, religiously-thrilled language and view that religion is a product of 'normal man' is quoted and presented as the absolute antipode to the harder, more German…
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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