Nature, on the other hand, plays a very small role in the S… - Ernest Renan

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Nature, on the other hand, plays a very small role in the Semitic religions: the desert is monotheistic; sublime in its immense uniformity, it primarily revealed to man the idea of 'infinite.'

Ernest Renan

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Ernest Renan (February 28, 1823 – October 12, 1892) was a French philosopher, playwright, historian, and writer.

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