HAVET, AUGUSTE-ERNEST. — French scholar and philosopher, b. in Paris on 11 Apr. 1813, d. there on 21 Dec. 1889. The theories contained in some of his works, e.g., *La modernité des prophètes* (Paris 1850), aroused fierce opposition. His fame rests on a truly precious edition of Pascal’s *Pensées* (published in full and accompanied by an excellent commentary, ibid. 1852), and on the work *Le christianisme et ses origines* (ibid. 1872–84; placed on the Index, decree of 3 Feb. 1879), in which he argues that the genesis of Christianity is to be sought rather in the doctrines of Greek philosophers than in the Old Testament, especially with regard to the formation of Christian dogmas. He also published *Jésus dans l'histoire* (ibid. 1863).
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