Comte, Auguste 1798-1857 creator text utu 2010 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Cours de philosophie positive (4/6)" by Auguste Comte is a philosophical work published between 1830-1842. This volume, part of Comte's six-volume masterpiece, addresses the foundations of positivism and his theory of three states of human development. Comte argues that science should serve not merely to expand knowledge but to improve society as a whole. His work introduces sociology as a discipline and advocates for empirical observation over metaphysical speculation, proposing that humanity progresses through theological, metaphysical, and finally positive stages of understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_of_Positive_Philosophy Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curso_de_filosof%C3%ADa_positiva Release date is 2010-04-11 Produced by Sébastien Blondeel, Carlo Traverso, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) Original publication data not identified Positivism B Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31947 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31947 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133729.0 31947