The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte Before examining the leading ideas of the Positive Philos Ophy, it will be well brie¿y to recall to the reader the historical conditions and environment of Comte's thought. For only by seeing Comte's theory in the light of its relation to the theories of earlier thinkers can we understand its full significance. It will be necessary, however, to limit our examination of the historical relations between the Positive Philosophy and its more immediate predecessors to a few of the more central doctrines of that system. Given such a restricted survey, it will be sufficient to indicate the existence of tendencies of philosophical speculation already dominant, particularly in France, which in¿uenced, to a consider able extent, the formation of Comte's ideas. Thus we Shall not only be able to account historically for certain tendencies in Comte's thought, but we shall be able to indicate more clearly the implications of his leading ideas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.