Ideas Govern The World, Or Throw It

If We Do Not Allow Free Thinking In Chemistry Or Biology, Why Should We Allow It In Morals Or Politics?

To Reorganize Society Without God Or King, By The Systematic Culture Of Humanity.

But Now, I, August Comte, Have Discovered The Truth. Therefore, There Is No Longer Any Need For Freedom Of Thought Or Freedom Of The Press. I Want To Rule And To Organize The Whole Country.

Each Department Of Knowledge Passes Through Three Stages. The Theoretic Stage; The Theological Stage And The Metaphysical Or Abstract Stage.

Every Attempt To Employ Mathematical Methods In The Study Of Chemical Questions Must Be Considered Profoundly Irrational And Contrary To The Spirit Of Chemistry.... If Mathematical Analysis Should Ever Hold A Prominent Place In Chemistry -- An Aberration Which Is Happily Almost Impossible -- It Would Occasion A Rapid And Widespread Degeneration Of That Science.