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  • This approach stood in opposition to the more empiricist view dominant since Hume, Comte and Mill, that the moral or social sciences had relied on conceptual and methodological analogies with the natural sciences, from Newtonian and statistical mechanics, such as Condorcet's ˜social mathematics™ and also from biology, such as Saint-Simon's ˜social physiology™.

    The Unity of Science Cat, Jordi 2007

  • Meanwhile Saint-Simon's secretary, Auguste Comte (1798–1857), developed his scientific thought and founded the philosophy known as positivism (Cours de philosophie positive, six volumes, 1830–42; Système de politique positive, four volumes, 1851–54).

    2. Intellectual and Religious Trends 2001

  • In his Saint-Simon and the Court of Louis XIV (originally published in French in 1997) Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie aspires, he says, to provide 'a systematic and comprehensive interpretation of Saint-Simon's thought and work (but not of his writing or style). '

    The Art of Malice Furbank, P.N. 2001

  • He strongly influenced August COMTE whose works develop Saint-Simon's program.

    Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

  • As far as I know, there has never been a complete translation of Saint-Simon's Memoirs into the English language, and there probably never will be, unless some American foundation is especially established for that purpose.

    Blue Blood and Divine Right Weightman, John 1969

  • What is new, however, is Saint-Simon's em - phasis on the need to organize society in such a way as to “afford all members of society the greatest possi - ble opportunity for the development of their faculties”

    CLASS LEWIS A. COSER 1968

  • But — and this was perhaps the most crucial respect in which Comte's vision went beyond Saint-Simon's — it was not only a climax but also a beginning.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas WALTER SIMON 1968

  • It was, however, precisely Saint-Simon's radicalism that Comte dropped from his intellectual armory.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas WALTER SIMON 1968

  • Equality of opportunity rather than equality of condition, equality at the point of departure in a man's adult life cycle rather than equality of status, is the hallmark of Saint-Simon's doctrine.

    CLASS LEWIS A. COSER 1968

  • Saint-Simon's ideal of a totally open society has not been attained, and although certain social strata, espe - cially among American Negroes and some other mi - norities, still suffer from severe social disabilities, con temporary industrial societies both East and West have come so near the image of their desire that there must be great rejoicing in heaven among Saint-Simon and his disciples.

    CLASS LEWIS A. COSER 1968

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