LSE4323663 Portrait of Ernest Renan (1823-1892), writer, philologist, philosopher and historian. Popular author of ???he Life of Jesus?? which contains this controversy of a biography of Jesus, redigeed as that of an ordinary man and that the Bible must be critically examined like any historical document. He was also famous for his 1882 speech, ???hat is a nation???, or he formulates the answer: ???he will to live together?????? thus opposing the definitions of most European thinkers, particularly German, on the concept of ???ace?? Engraving in ??????Le petit journal??????22/10/1892. Selva\'s collection. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Ernest Renan (1823-1892), writer, philologist, philosopher and historian. Popular author of ???he Life of Jesus?? which contains this controversy of a biography of Jesus, redigeed as that of an ordinary man and that the Bible must be critically examined like any historical document. He was also famous for his 1882 speech, ???hat is a nation???, or he formulates the answer: ???he will to live together?????? thus opposing the definitions of most European thinkers, particularly German, on the concept of ???ace?? Engraving in ??????Le petit journal??????22/10/1892. Selva\'s collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.