[2] [Comte afterwards added a seventh science, Ethics, (see vol. ii of System of Positive Polity).]
[3] [See Cabanis, Rapports du physique et du moral de l’homme, Ve memoire, where he speaks of ‘les restes de l’esprit de chevalerie, fruit ridicule de l’odieuse féodalité.’]
[4] Philosophy—the love of wisdom.
[5] [Written in 1848.]
[6] On reconsideration, Comte saw fit to withdraw this proposal. See Positive Polity, vol. iv, ch. 5, p. 351.
[7] [Clotilde de Vaux, see Testament d’Auguste Comte, p. 550].
[8] This law was introduced by Royer-Collard. It forbids discussion of the private affairs of public men.
[9] [Testament d’Auguste Comte, p. 556].
[10] [This story Lucie is republished in Vol. i of System of Positive Polity.]
[11] Toute la suite des hommes, pendant le cours de tant de siècles, doit être considérée comme un même homme qui subsiste toujours et qui apprend continuellement.—Pascal, Pensées, Part I, Art. I. [The whole succession of men during the course of so many centuries should be considered as one Man ever living and constantly learning.]