p. 235
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Thus the social position of women is in this respect very similar to that of philosophers and of the working classes. And we now see why these three elements should be united. It is their combined action which constitutes the moral or modifying force of society.
— Auguste Comte
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Source: Wikiquote: "Auguste Comte" (Quotes, A General View of Positivism (1848, 1856): A General View of Positivism Translated from the French of by J. H. BRIDGES, M.B. Late Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford Gutenberg)
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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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