Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme

Paris: la Libraire Scientifique-Industrielle de L. Mathias et chez Carilian-Goeury et V.or Dalmont, 1848. First Edition. Original cloth. Very good +. The Origins of Positivism

COMTE, Auguste. Discours sur lensemble du positivisme, ou Exposition sommaire de la
doctrine philosophique et sociale propre à la grande République Occidentale, composeè des cinq populations avanceé. à la Libraire Scientifique-Industrielle de L. Mathias et chez Carilian-Goeury et V.or Dalmont, Paris, 1848. PAGINATION. Octavo. First Edition.

The truly scarce first edition of a collection of the lessons that Comte held between February and April 1847. In these lectures he presented a true programmatic manifesto against the "idiocy of the scholars." Positivism sought to apply the laws of physics to human behavior, insisting that such a scientific approach to society and social programs could effectively reduce if not eliminate suffering. His vision would soon be converted to positivism, a philosophical view that was quickly adopted throughout Europe as well as Russia. Positivism would form the foundations of many of the young intellectuals in Russia inspiring writers such as Chernyshevsky and infuriating others, like Dostoevsky.

CONDITION: Very good in contemporary boards. Moderate foxing throughout. Newer endpapers (early 20th c.)


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