39 Quotes by Auguste Comte

To understand a science it is necessary to know its history.

The word 'right' should be excluded from political language, as the word 'cause' from the language of philosophy.

The word right should be excluded from political language, as the word cause from the language of philosophy.

History has now been for the first time systematically considered, and has been found, like other phenomena, subject to invariable laws.

In mathematics we find the primitive source of rationality; and to mathematics must the biologists resort for means to carry out their researches.

The heavens declare the glory of Kepler and Newton.

Monotheism occupies so large a space in the view of modern minds, that it is scarcely possible to form a just estimate of the preceding phases of the theological philosophy.

After Montesquieu, the next great addition to Sociology (which is the term I may be allowed to invent to designate Social Physics) was made by Condorcet, proceeding on the views suggested by his illustrious friend Turgot.

Language forms a kind of wealth, which all can make use of at once without causing any diminution of the store, and which thus admits a complete community of enjoyment; for all, freely participating in the general treasure, unconsciously aid in its preservation.