Auguste Comte quotes - page 2

Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos. (Auguste Comte)
Humanity is always made up of more dead than living. View quote
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Indeed, every true science has for its object the determination of certain phenomena by means of others, in accordance with the relations which exist between them. View quote
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Social positivism only accepts duties, for all and towards all. Its constant social viewpoint cannot include any notion of rights, for such notion always rests on individuality. View quote
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The word 'right' should be excluded from political language, as the word 'cause' from the language of philosophy. View quote
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In the final, positive state, the mind has given over the vain search after Abolute notions, the origin and destination of the universe, and the cause of phenomenon, and applies itself to the tudy of their laws, - that is, their invariable relations of succession and resemblance. Reasoning and observation, duly combined, are the means of this knowledge. What is now understood when we speak of an explanation of the facts is simply the establishment of a connection between single phenomena and some general facts, the number of which continually diminishes with the progress of science. View quote
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