Auguste Comte and Positivism by John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)

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Episodes: 12

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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)

Episode Date
12 - Part 2E
Jan 01, 1970
11 - Part 2D
Jan 01, 1970
10 - Part 2C
Jan 01, 1970
09 - Part 2B
Jan 01, 1970
08 - Part 2A
Jan 01, 1970
07 - Part 1G
Jan 01, 1970
06 - Part 1F
Jan 01, 1970
05 - Part 1E
Jan 01, 1970
04 - Part 1D
Jan 01, 1970
03 - Part 1C
Jan 01, 1970
02 - Part 1B
Jan 01, 1970
01 - Part 1A
Jan 01, 1970