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- noun The positivist philosophy of Auguste Comte.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The philosophical system founded by Auguste Comte; positivism. See
positive philosophy , under positive.
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- noun Positivism; the positive philosophy. See
positivism .
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- noun The
positivistic philosophy of Auguste Comte (1798–1857), according to whichmetaphysics andtheology should be replaced by ahierarchy ofsciences frommathematics at the base tosociology at the top.
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- noun Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top
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Since the construction of the Chamber, the religion of Scientism, also known as Neo-Comtism, had grown.
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Since the construction of the Chamber, the religion of Scientism, also known as Neo-Comtism, had grown.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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Thus arose the distinction between “Comtism,” which was “personal and ephemeral,” and “positivism,” which grew with the times.
POSITIVISM IN LATIN AMERICA RONALD HILTON 1968
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If Comtism had spread the world would have been converted, not by the Comtist philosophy, but by the
Heretics 1905
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To me it appears the only sensible part of Comtism.
Heretics 1905
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Comte, he launched his well-known definition of Comtism as Catholicism MINUS Christianity, which involved him in a short controversy with Mr. Congreve (see "The Scientific Aspects of Positivism," "Lay Sermons" page 162), and with another leading Positivist, who sent him a letter through Mr. Darwin.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Comtism, defined as "Catholicism without Christianity".
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Comtism, defined as "Catholicism without Christianity".
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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In Comtism we find the latest development of woman-worship, wherein the
The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Annie Wood Besant 1890
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Wiseman, "Free Kirk and other rubbish" pitted against "Comtism, ghastliest of algebraic spectralities."
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Edmund Gosse 1888
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