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Definition of Comtism
1. Noun. Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top.
Definition of Comtism
1. n. Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism.
Definition of Comtism
1. Noun. The positivistic philosophy of Auguste Comte (1798–1857), according to which metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top. ¹
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Literary usage of Comtism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"... special Providence and miracles thus insufficient—Hypothesis of a non-omnipotent
God proposed by John Stuart Mill—The God of Comtism—Religion should be ..."
2. From Comte to Benjamin Kidd: The Appeal to Biology Or Evolution for Human by Robert Mackintosh (1899)
"... biological parable — Consistent phenomenalism means (if not evolutionism)
hedonism — Comtism and hedonism two half truths [Note A. On Drummond's Natural ..."
3. Buckle and His Critics: A Study in Sociology by John Mackinnon Robertson (1895)
"The Claims of Comtism. It is one of Dr Stirling's charges against Buckle, made
with the philosophic lip in its choicest curl, that he was but a middleman ..."
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