Auguste Comte_ An Intellectual Biography . Volume 2

(Auguste Comte Intellectual Biography)
Auguste Comte_ An Intellectual Biography . Volume 2
Mary Pickering
Cambridge University Press (2009)
Format PDF 5.42 MB
Pages 654

Acknowledgments page xi

Abbreviations and Notes xiii

Introduction 1

1 1843–1844: The Battle against the Pedantocracy 15

2 Tensions in Comte’s Relationships, 1842–1846 70

3 Clotilde de Vaux and the Initial Encounter with Comte 133

4 The Muse’s Tragic End 183

5 Pain and Recognition 230

6 The Revolution of 1848 266

7 Discours sur l’ensemble du positivisme 335

8 Personal and Professional Disappointments 414

9 The Early Development of the Religion of Humanity 453

10 The Development of the Positivist Movement 516

Conclusion 581

Bibliograpy 587

Index 615

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