PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 50: Auguste Comte, The Course In Positive Philosophy
28 Jul 2020
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The most outstanding exhibitor and representative of classical positivism is auguste comte, born in mont-pellier (france), educated as a catholic and a monarchist, who at the age of 14 declares himself non-catholic and a republican. He studied at the ecole polytechnique in paris, and from. 1817, he was secretary of saint-simon, a fruitful seven-year collation. In 1826, he began in private circles with his lessons on positive philosophy, which would be the basis for his famous cours de philosophie positive (course on positive philosophy) of 1830-1842. In 1844, the discours sur l"esprit positif (discourse on the positive spirit) appeared and between 1851 and 1854 the syst me. 1 de politique positive (system of positive politics) was published. In 1852 the famo- so cat chisme positiviste (positive catechism) appeared, and in 1856 the first volume of a synthesis of positivist thought. In comte"s works the term "positi- vo" abounds, which gives us guidelines for understanding what.
