Project Gutenberg 2016-08-23 Public domain in the USA. 357 Comte, Auguste 1798 1857 Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Compte, Auguste Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Xavier Cours de philosophie positive. (5/6) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_of_Positive_Philosophy Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curso_de_filosof%C3%ADa_positiva Produced by Sébastien Blondeel, Carlo Traverso, Hans Pieterse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Cours de philosophie positive" by Auguste Comte is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. This work lays the groundwork for the field of sociology and aims to delineate the stages of human thought and societal development, focusing particularly on the theological and metaphysical states of human evolution. The book is structured as a series of lessons that collectively aspire to advance a systematic understanding of social phenomena. At the start of this extensive examination, Comte introduces the overarching themes of historical analysis applied to sociology. He emphasizes the importance of focusing primarily on the most advanced social series, specifically the white race and Western Europe, while acknowledging the limitations imposed by this approach. Comte discusses the essential nature of the theological state, particularly fétichisme, as the initial level of human intellectual development, arguing that this primitive form of belief was foundational for future theological constructs. The opening outlines a clear methodology for interpreting social evolution, setting the stage for the more intricate philosophical arguments to follow in subsequent lessons. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 8.4 (Professional level). Extremely difficult to read. fr Positivism B Text FR Philosophie, Religion et Morale Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Sociology 1171775 2025-07-21T07:08:44.128383 text/html 1147062 2024-10-23T01:01:27 text/html 565017 2025-07-21T07:08:52.745383 application/epub+zip 584295 2025-07-21T07:08:45.561388 application/epub+zip 462986 2025-07-21T07:08:44.843382 application/epub+zip 900500 2025-07-21T07:08:58.831340 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 844208 2025-07-21T07:08:52.156329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 723527 2022-09-24T01:54:39.575850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1105681 2025-07-21T07:08:43.394400 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1085707 2024-10-23T01:01:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17744 2025-07-21T07:08:58.969301 application/rdf+xml 13993 2025-07-21T07:08:44.944380 image/jpeg 2644 2025-07-21T07:08:44.894370 image/jpeg 526842 2025-07-21T07:08:44.218376 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia