Auguste Comte, The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte (1853) Tr. Harriet Martineau, from Cours de philosophie positive (1830–1842). See also 1896 edition, Vol. 1, Book 1. Mathematics. Ch. 1. p. 38.
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[F]inding direct measurement so often impossible, we are compelled to devise means of doing it indirectly. Hence arose Mathematics.
— Auguste Comte on Mathematics
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About Auguste Comte
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was a French philosopher who coined the terms "sociology" and "altruism" and developed forms of social discipline he called Positivism.
About Auguste Comte
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was a French philosopher who coined the terms "sociology" and "altruism" and developed forms of social discipline he called Positivism.
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