Auguste Comte and Positivism

Project Gutenberg's August Comte and Positivism, by John-Stuart Mill This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: August Comte and Positivism Author: John-Stuart Mill Release Date: October 9, 2005 [EBook #16833] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AUGUST COMTE AND POSITIVISM *** Produced by Marc D'Hooghe AUGUSTE COMTE AND POSITIVISM BY JOHN STUART MILL 1865. PART I. THE COURS DE PHILOSOPHIE POSITIVE. For some time much has been said, in England and on the Continent, concerning "Positivism" and "the Positive Philosophy." Those phrases, which during the life of the eminent thinker who introduced them had made their way into no writings or discussions but those of his very few direct disciples, have emerged from the depths and manifested themselves on the surface of the philosophy of the age. It is not very widely known what they represent, but it is understood that they represent something.