{"product_id":"the-positive-philosophy-of-auguste-comte-paperback-9781108001199","title":"The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108001199","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComte's 'doctrine' of positivism, popular in the nineteenth century, anticipated today's secular humanism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAuguste Comte (Author), Harriet Martineau (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108001199, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e524 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte is a condensed English version of the French philosopher's controversial work, freely translated by Harriet Martineau and published in two volumes in 1853. Martineau's abridged and more easily digestible version of Comte's work was intended to be readily accessible to a wide general readership, particularly those she felt to be morally and intellectually adrift, and Comte's philosophy indeed attracted a significant following in Britain in the later nineteenth century. Comte's 'doctrine' promoted personal and public ethics and social cohesion based no longer on metaphysics but on strict scientific method, and anticipated twentieth-century logical positivism and secular humanism. The first volume of this translation contains Parts 1 to 5 and sets out the nature and importance of positivism, leading on to an overview of the 'positive sciences': mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry and biology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Account of the aim of this work – View of the nature and importance of the Positive Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 2. View of the hierarchy of the positive sciences\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Mathematics: 1. Mathematics, abstract and concrete\u003cbr\u003e 2. General view of mathematical analysis\u003cbr\u003e 3. General view of geometry\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rational mechanics\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Astronomy: 1. General view\u003cbr\u003e 2. Methods of study of astronomy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Geometrical phenomena of the heavenly bodies\u003cbr\u003e 4. Celestial statics\u003cbr\u003e 5. Celestial dynamics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sidereal astronomy and cosmogony\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Physics: 1. General view\u003cbr\u003e 2. Barology\u003cbr\u003e 3. Thermology\u003cbr\u003e 4. Acoustics\u003cbr\u003e 5. Optics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Electrology\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Chemistry: 1. General view\u003cbr\u003e 2. Inorganic Chemistry\u003cbr\u003e 3. Doctrine of definite proportions\u003cbr\u003e 4. The electro-chemical theory\u003cbr\u003e 5. Organic chemistry\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Biology: 1. General view of biology\u003cbr\u003e 2. Anatomical philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Biotaxic philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 4. Organic or vegetative life\u003cbr\u003e 5. The animal life\u003cbr\u003e 6. Intellectual and moral or cerebral functions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265895911704,"sku":"9781108001199","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108001199_a24e66da-5430-4df0-b18a-1b7ffd024ae0.jpg?v=1694867053","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-positive-philosophy-of-auguste-comte-paperback-9781108001199","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}