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A General View of Positivism

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Philosophy & Psychology

A General View of Positivism

Auguste Comte and Frederic Harrison

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Science, Auguste Comte argued, was ready to organize society itself. His general view lays out positivism whole: the intellectual character of the system, its program for the working classes, and its plan for putting knowledge in the service of social order. The founding statement of the movement that named sociology. Survey the blueprint for a scientific age.

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13 chapters

  1. 1A GENERAL VIEW OF POSITIVISM
  2. 2INTRODUCTION By FREDERIC HARRISON
  3. 3TABLE OF CONTENTS
  4. 4A GENERAL VIEW OF POSITIVISM
  5. 5INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
  6. 6CHAPTER I THE INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER OF POSITIVISM
  7. 7CHAPTER II
  8. 8CHAPTER III THE ACTION OF POSITIVISM UPON THE WORKING CLASSES
  9. 9CHAPTER IV THE INFLUENCE OF POSITIVISM UPON WOMEN
  10. 10CHAPTER V THE RELATION OF POSITIVISM TO ART
  11. 11CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION. THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY
  12. 12FOOTNOTES
  13. 13Transcriber’s Notes
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