A General View of Positivism · Character
the priests
The emerging spiritual power of Positivism, a clergy charged with fixing principles of judgment and conduct across public and private life throughout the West.
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Comte presents the Positivist priesthood as a new moral authority arising spontaneously as the philosophical synthesis advances, destined to guide education and conduct for all civilized nations. Their tension is…
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