Kathleen de Beaumont-Klein.
CONTENTS
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| Note by Mr. Frederic Harrison | [v.] | |
| Translator’s Preface | [xiii.] | |
| Introduction by Professor Lévy-Bruhl | [1] | |
| BOOK I. | ||
| Chapter | I.—The Philosophical Problem | [23] |
| “ | II.—The Law of the Three States | [35] |
| “ | III.—The Classification of the Sciences | [49] |
| “ | IV.—Science | [60] |
| “ | V.—Science (continued) Phenomena and Laws | [79] |
| “ | VI.—Science (continued) Positive Logic | [103] |
| BOOK II. | ||
| Introduction.—The Philosophy of the Sciences | [121] | |
| Chapter | I.—Mathematics | [125] |
| “ | II.—Astronomy | [142] |
| “ | III.—Sciences of the Inorganic World | [154] |
| “ | IV.—Biology | [171] |
| “ | V.—Psychology | [188] |
| BOOK III. | ||
| Chapter | I.—Transition from Animality to Humanity—Artand Language | [213] |
| “ | II.—General Considerations on Social Science | [230] |
| “ | III.—Social Statics | [249] |
| “ | IV.—Social Dynamics | [260] |
| “ | V.—The Philosophy of History | [276] |
| BOOK IV. | ||
| Chapter | I.—The Principles of Ethics | [303] |
| “ | II.—Social Ethics | [319] |
| “ | III.—The Idea of Humanity | [334] |
| Conclusion | [343] | |
THE PHILOSOPHY OF AUGUSTE COMTE.
INTRODUCTION.
I.
Every new system of philosophy, however original in appearance, is more or less directly related to the doctrines which have preceded it. But it is also connected with more general conditions in a manner no less close, if not so immediately obvious. It depends upon a whole set of social conditions. The influence of the religious, political, economical, intellectual phenomena, in a word of the contemporary milieu upon this system is as indisputable as its own influence upon the milieu. It is therefore not enough to study it as a self-sufficient whole. This whole which is in itself but a part, must be restored to its place within the greater whole which alone explains its essential characteristics.