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A General View of Positivism Or, Summary exposition of the System of Thought and Life

by Auguste Comte (1798–1857)

14 chapters, about 99,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION 900 words
2. CHAPTER I 300 words
3. CHAPTER II 300 words
4. CHAPTER III 400 words
5. CHAPTER IV 300 words
6. CHAPTER V 200 words
7. CONCLUSION. THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY 355 400 words
8. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 1,700 words
9. THE INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER OF POSITIVISM 12,500 words
10. CHAPTER II 16,600 words
11. THE ACTION OF POSITIVISM UPON THE WORKING CLASSES 17,600 words
12. THE INFLUENCE OF POSITIVISM UPON WOMEN 18,600 words
13. THE RELATION OF POSITIVISM TO ART 9,400 words
14. CONCLUSION. THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY 19,600 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Chivalry
• Neologism
• Philosophy of education
• Progress
• Social science
• Theology
• Vocation

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