 | Democratic Congressional Committee (U.S.) - 1882 - 234 páginas
...fail." On the subject of " What is a Kation? " he quoted as follows from a French writer, M. Renan: A nation is a soul— a spiritual principle. Two things, which in truth form but one, constitute this soul, this spiritual principle— the possession in common of a rich... | |
 | Great Britain. Board of Education - 1921 - 140 páginas
...only by so doing that the nation can be preserved, since in the words of Renan : "A nation is a living soul, a spiritual principle. Two things, which in truth are but one, constitute this soul, this spiritual principle. One is the past, the other is the present. One is the common possession of... | |
 | Nina Gerassi-Navarro - 1999 - 268 páginas
...seas, free to embody the enemies and heroes of Spanish America. CHAPTER FOUR and rhe HiswKical Novel A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things,...which in truth are but one, constitute this soul or principle. One lies in the past, one in the present. —Ernest Renan, "What Is a Nation?" During the... | |
 | Timothy B. Weston, Lionel M. Jensen - 2000 - 396 páginas
...... Religion cannot supply an adequate basis for the constitution of a modern nationality either. ... A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things,...principle. One lies in the past, one in the present. — Ernest Renan, "Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?," 1882 Americans most often receive news of China through... | |
 | Onookome Okome - 2000 - 254 páginas
...phenomenon which according to Ernest Renan is essential for the well-being of all plural nation-states: A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things, which in truth are but one, constitute the soul and the spiritual principle. One lies in the past, one in the present. One is the possession... | |
 | Terry Goldie - 2003 - 276 páginas
...which the revolutionary Tory is throwing at his country. In "What is a Nation?" Ernest Renan states: A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things,...principle. One lies in the past, one in the present. One is die possession in common of a rich legacy of memories; the other is present-day consent, the desire... | |
 | Tyler Edward Stovall, Georges Van den Abbeele - 2003 - 390 páginas
...in the following way. A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things, wliic-ii in truth arc but one, constitute this soul or spiritual principle....present. One is the possession in common of a rich legacy oí memories; the other is present-day consent, the desire to live together, the will to perpetuate... | |
 | Pheng Cheah, Jonathan D. Culler - 2003 - 266 páginas
...example, Renan: "There is something in man which is superior to language, namely, the will" ( 16); "A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things,...one, constitute this soul or spiritual principle. One is the possession in common of a rich legacy of memories; the other is present-day consent, the desire... | |
 | Marc Redfield - 2003 - 272 páginas
...mythologizing. See, eg, Renan: "There is something in man which is superior to language, namely, the will"; "A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things,...one, constitute this soul or spiritual principle. One is the possession in common of a rich legacy of memories; the other is present-day consent, the desire... | |
 | Jean-Jacques Subrenat - 2004 - 324 páginas
...classic of humanist thought, it may nonetheless be beneficial to cite some passages from Renan's lecture: A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things,...soul or spiritual principle. One lies in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession, in common, of a rich legacy of memories; the other... | |
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A nation is a living soul, a spiritual principle. Two things which in truth are but one, constitute this soul, this spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. 
