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The Course on Positive Philosophy
The Course is a series of books. It serves as a basis for sociology. Societies develop in three states regarding natural law: the theological state, where humans seek absolute knowledge; the metaphysical state, where the abstract replaces the supernatural; and the scientific or the positive state, where the realization of impossibility to know all truths. Archie, Lee, and Archie, John. "Reading for Philosophical Inquiry" Lander University
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A General View of Positivism
It is a revision of the Course of Positivism Philosophy. A summary in which Comte instructs how sociology has to be acted upon along with three stages. It explains that Positivism brings us to perfection. The Positivist is concluded to have the motto of "Love, Order, Progress". Comte explains progress toward societal regeneration in Positivism. Comte, Auguste. "A General View of Positivism" London: Routledge and Sons, 1907, pp. 1-7
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Discourse on the Positive Spirit
Positivism is emphasized for its communal purposes and potential to replace theology in politics and morality. August Comte addresses the problems in implementing his philosophy of Positivism in society as society evolves with the three stages to develop a more cohesive social life. Bourdeau, Michel. “Auguste Comte.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 27 Jan. 2022, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/comte/#CouPosFriMil -
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System of Positive Polity
Morality has turned into a science. Comte reinforces the Religion of Humanity: a religion absent of God and the supernatural. Ultimately, he views religion as having two functions: political and the other to unite society. Bourdeau, Michel. “Auguste Comte.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 27 Jan. 2022, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/comte/#CouPosFriMil -
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Religion of Humanity
Auguste Comte founded a new secular religion, the Religion of Humanity, which he served as its high priest. Comte created it to serve as a replacement for communal functions that traditional religion used to offer. It is a religion that worships humanity, and its central teaching is to spread altruism. It is a copy of Catholicism. Heerikhuizen, Dr. Bart van. "3.6 Comte’s Religion of Humanity." YouTube, uploaded by Social Sciences - UvA, 4 Aug 2015,
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