The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions—each branch of our knowledge—passes successively through three different theoretical conditions: the Theological, or fictitious: the Metaphysical, or abstract; and the Scientific, or positive.


The Positive Philosophy, trans. Harriet Martineau (1853), Vol. 1, 1–2

Auguste Comte Quotes

The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions—each branch of our knowledge—passes successively through three different theoretical...

The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions—each branch of our knowledge—passes successively through three different theoretical...

The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions—each branch of our knowledge—passes successively through three different theoretical...

The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions—each branch of our knowledge—passes successively through three different theoretical...