Auguste Comte and Positivism
Part 1 lays out the framework for Positivism as originated in France by Auguste Comte in his Cours de Philosophie Positive. Mill examines the tenets of Comte's movement and alerts us to defects. Part 2 concerns all Comte's writings except the Cours de Philosophie Positive. During Comte's later years he gave up reading newspapers and periodicals to keep his mind pure for higher study. He also became enamored of a certain woman who changed his view of life. Comte turned his philosophy into a religion, with morality the supreme guide. Mill finds that Comte learned to despise science and the intellect, instead substituting his frantic need for the regulation of change. (Summary by Bill Boerst)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Biography & Autobiography, History
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | 01 - Part 1A | Bill Boerst |
00:34:46 |
Play 02 | 02 - Part 1B | Bill Boerst |
00:33:24 |
Play 03 | 03 - Part 1C | Bill Boerst |
00:42:43 |
Play 04 | 04 - Part 1D | Bill Boerst |
00:26:35 |
Play 05 | 05 - Part 1E | Bill Boerst |
00:29:23 |
Play 06 | 06 - Part 1F | Bill Boerst |
00:29:20 |
Play 07 | 07 - Part 1G | Bill Boerst |
00:19:22 |
Play 08 | 08 - Part 2A | Bill Boerst |
00:26:44 |
Play 09 | 09 - Part 2B | Bill Boerst |
00:26:26 |
Play 10 | 10 - Part 2C | Bill Boerst |
00:29:19 |
Play 11 | 11 - Part 2D | Bill Boerst |
00:20:22 |
Play 12 | 12 - Part 2E | Bill Boerst |
00:28:48 |