As Comte wrote, the task of positivism was to "imbue the people with the feeling that ... no political change is of real importance.” ... As Marx wrote, to it "everything that exists is an authority.”. (Russell Jacoby)

As Comte wrote, the task of positivism was to "imbue the people with the feeling that ... no political change is of real importance.” ... As Marx wrote, to it "everything that exists is an authority.”.

Russell Jacoby

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