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Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos.

Auguste Comte

The sacred formula of positivism: love as a principle, the order as a foundation, and progress as a goal.
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Command Foundation Goal Order Positivity Progress Sacred
To understand a science it is necessary to know its history.
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History Necessary Science Understand
Positivism is a theory of knowledge according to which the only kind of sound knowledge available to human kind is that if science grounded in observation.
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Ground Kind Knowledge Observation Positivity Science Sound Theory
Woman is the most moral element in all humanity.
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Element Moral One Liner Society Woman
The word right should be excluded from political language, as the word cause from the language of philosophy.
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Language Philosophy Politics Right Word
The dead govern the living.
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Death Government Live One Liner
The heavens declare the glory of Kepler and Newton.
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Glory Heaven Praise Scientist
Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education.
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Childhood Education Illusion Religion
Foreknowledge is power.
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Knowledge Power
The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions-each branch of our knowledge-passes successively through three different theoretical conditions: the Theological, or fictitious: the Metaphysical, or abstract; and the Scientific, or positive.
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Conception Knowledge Law Leadership Positive Science
Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.
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Abstract Department Knowledge Pass Theory
Language forms a kind of wealth, which all can make use of at once without causing any diminution of the store, and which thus admits a complete community of enjoyment; for all, freely participating in the general treasure, unconsciously aid in its preservation.
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Enjoyment Form Language Preserve Reason Wealth
If we do not allow free thinking in chemistry or biology, why should we allow it in morals or politics?
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Allow Chemistry Freedom Morals Politics Thinking
Monotheism occupies so large a space in the view of modern minds, that it is scarcely possible to form a just estimate of the preceding phases of the theological philosophy.
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Estimate Mindset Modern Philosophy Space Theory View
Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy?
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Allow Freedom Man Philosophy Politics Thinking
Humanity is always made up of more dead than living.
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Death Deep Humanity Live Philosophy

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