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The first volume of a two-volume intellectual biography of Auguste Comte, the founder of modern sociology and positivism.
"A Halsted Press book." Bibliography: p. 213-214. Includes index.
This revised 1866 second edition presents Mill's discussion of the positivist views of French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798-1857).
This volume explores the life and works of Auguste Comte during the last and most controversial part of his career, the period from 1842 to 1857.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1865.
French philosopher and social scientist AUGUSTE COMTE (1798-1857) developed the notion of sociology as a field that could be studied, invented the term altruism, and in this groundbreaking work, created a system of principles and ideas-a rational "religion"-that has since come to influence humanism across the Western world. In Volume II, Comte defines his new "social physics"-a system that included equality, liberty of the conscience, and the sovereignty of the people-details his "positive" philosophy, and explains how it can be applied to social phenomena. He also explains why social dynamics mean that positivism will "inevitably" come to dominate human society, and how positivism will impact all areas of human endeavor. First published in English in 1853, this is an extraordinary synthesis of thought that is required reading for anyone wishing to understand the development of the scientific, secular mindset of the modern world.