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RENAN (Ernest). The Future of Science. Thoughts...

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RENAN (Ernest). The Future of Science. Thoughts of 1848. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1890. In-8, (4)-xx-541-(3 blanks) pp, copy with full margins (23 x 19 cm), half-maroquin with corners, spine gilt, covers and spine preserved. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 20 NUMBERED COPIES ON JAPON IMPÉRIAL. On the basis of a reflection engaged since his youth in 1848, Ernest Renan deals here with philosophy of sciences, religious history, and draws up in a way the balance sheet of the scientism which marked all the 19th century.