Project Gutenberg 2016-12-24 Public domain in the USA. 1605 Comte, Auguste 1798 1857 Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Compte, Auguste Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Xavier Harrison, Frederic 1831 1923 Bridges, John Henry 1832 1906 Bridges, J. H. (John Henry) Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme. English A General View of Positivism Or, Summary exposition of the System of Thought and Life Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_General_View_of_Positivism Produced by Josep Cols Canals, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "A General View of Positivism" by Auguste Comte is a philosophical treatise written in the mid-19th century. The work elaborates on the principles of Positivism, offering a comprehensive synthesis aimed at uniting scientific thought with moral and social organization. It discusses the need for a new philosophy that harmonizes human intellect, feelings, and actions while critiquing existing theological and metaphysical frameworks. The opening of the book introduces Positivism as a transformative doctrine meant to guide societal progress. Comte emphasizes the importance of a coherent understanding of human nature that integrates thoughts, feelings, and actions within a scientific framework. He outlines the objectives of Positivism, detailing how it aims to replace outdated theological explanations with a focus on empirical laws governing both nature and society. The text foreshadows a broader inquiry into the synthesis of social and scientific knowledge as essential for the moral regeneration of humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 43.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Positivism B Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Sociology 918569 2025-07-21T11:29:30.243489 text/html 894804 2024-10-23T01:32:54 text/html 459721 2025-07-21T11:29:38.841477 application/epub+zip 477587 2025-07-21T11:29:31.745416 application/epub+zip 423041 2025-07-21T11:29:30.916459 application/epub+zip 689387 2025-07-21T11:29:44.527392 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 644323 2025-07-21T11:29:38.126422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 590260 2022-09-24T13:17:42.771026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 864431 2025-07-21T11:29:29.624486 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 844363 2024-10-23T01:32:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18682 2025-07-21T11:29:44.676360 application/rdf+xml 10331 2025-07-21T11:29:31.019431 image/jpeg 1920 2025-07-21T11:29:30.968419 image/jpeg 478532 2025-07-21T11:29:30.315445 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia