Auguste Comte and Positivism

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John Stuart Mill approaches Auguste Comte as a thinker whose growing influence calls for both explanation and criticism. Published in 1865, this philosophical study begins with Comte's account of knowledge: people learn through observable phenomena and the consistent relations between them. Mill examines how that approach gives science its power to anticipate events, while tracing connections with earlier thinkers such as Hume and Kant. His admiration for Comte's achievement accompanies a careful effort to distinguish its sound principles from its errors.

The discussion also reaches the interpretation of social history. In examining Comte's ideas about theocracy and caste, Mill weighs claims about spiritual authority against the practical power of rulers, armies and public revenue. Readers interested in the foundations of scientific thinking can follow a debate that moves from the limits of knowledge to the evidence used in describing societies. The book offers a close critical reading of a system gaining attention in nineteenth-century European philosophy.

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John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was an English philosopher, economist, and political thinker, one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth century, author of On Liberty and A System of Logic.