Auguste Comte and Positivism


Read by Bill Boerst

(4.8 stars; 7 reviews)

Part 1 lays out the framework for Positivism as originated in France by Auguste Comte in his Cours de Philosophie Positive. Mill examines the tenets of Comte's movement and alerts us to defects. Part 2 concerns all Comte's writings except the Cours de Philosophie Positive. During Comte's later years he gave up reading newspapers and periodicals to keep his mind pure for higher study. He also became enamored of a certain woman who changed his view of life. Comte turned his philosophy into a religion, with morality the supreme guide. Mill finds that Comte learned to despise science and the intellect, instead substituting his frantic need for the regulation of change. (Summary by Bill Boerst) (5 hr 47 min)

Chapters

01 - Part 1A 34:46 Read by Bill Boerst
02 - Part 1B 33:24 Read by Bill Boerst
03 - Part 1C 42:43 Read by Bill Boerst
04 - Part 1D 26:35 Read by Bill Boerst
05 - Part 1E 29:23 Read by Bill Boerst
06 - Part 1F 29:20 Read by Bill Boerst
07 - Part 1G 19:22 Read by Bill Boerst
08 - Part 2A 26:44 Read by Bill Boerst
09 - Part 2B 26:26 Read by Bill Boerst
10 - Part 2C 29:19 Read by Bill Boerst
11 - Part 2D 20:22 Read by Bill Boerst
12 - Part 2E 28:48 Read by Bill Boerst

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(5 stars)

Thank you for this great solo recording. Very interesting to listen to.