positivism

• He believed so firmly and intensely in his own religion—a kind of passionate positivism, a creed which seemed to have no God because it was all God—that he felt convinced he only needed to destroy accepted figments, for the light which blazed around him to break through and flood the world with beauty. —  Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Legal positivism is the theory that the law is legitimate because it is the law, i.e., it is the rule according to the legally-defined sovereign who is entitled to make the rules (a circular definition, but possibly still logically sensible). —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
• Under the theory of legal positivism, the court views the Constitution as an evolving document that can and must be reinterpreted to fit the changing needs of society and our more "enlightened" understanding, and the court manipulates the law accordingly. —  Free New York Blog
• Naturally embraced by positivism, the quantitative approach provides a wide coverage of various situations to be studied at a fast and economical pace. —  LearnHub Activities
• History, materialism, monism, positivism, and all the "isms" of this world are old and rusty tools which I don't need or mind anymore. —  home

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