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CRITICAL MISCELLANIES

JOHN MORLEY

VOL. III.

Essay 10: Auguste Comte

London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1904

CONTENTS

AUGUSTE COMTE.

PAGE

Introduction 337

Influence of Saint Simon 340

Marriage 343

Serious illness 345

Official work 347

Completion of Positive Philosophy 349

J. S. Mill 350

Question of Subsidy 352

Money 353

Literary method 354

Hygiène cérébrale 356

Madame de Vaux 356

Positive Polity 358

Death 359

Comte's philosophic consistency 360

Early writings 361

Law of the Three States 363

Classification of sciences 366

The double key of Positive Philosophy 368