Auguste Comte, The Positive Philosophy, 1853, Bk. 1, chap. 1, as cited in: in: Robert Edouard Moritz. Memorabilia mathematica; or, The philomath's quotation-book, (1914), p. 224
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Mathematical Analysis is... the true rational basis of the whole system of our positive knowledge.
— Auguste Comte on Mathematical analysis
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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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