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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)

Year of Publication: 1865Genres: History,Philosophy,Biography & Autobiography,*Non-fiction

Running Time: 5 hours 47 minutes 12 seconds(12 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Bill Boerst

#	Chapter Name
	01 - Part 1A Bill Boerst	34:46
	02 - Part 1B Bill Boerst	33:24
	03 - Part 1C Bill Boerst	42:43
	04 - Part 1D Bill Boerst	26:35
	05 - Part 1E Bill Boerst	29:23
	06 - Part 1F Bill Boerst	29:20
	07 - Part 1G Bill Boerst	19:22
	08 - Part 2A Bill Boerst	26:44
	09 - Part 2B Bill Boerst	26:26
	10 - Part 2C Bill Boerst	29:19
	11 - Part 2D Bill Boerst	20:22
	12 - Part 2E Bill Boerst	28:48