Source: A General View of Positivism (1848, 1856), p. 235
Auguste Comte: Socialism
Auguste Comte was French philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on socialism.
Le Catéchisme positiviste (1852)
Context: Social positivism only accepts duties, for all and towards all. Its constant social viewpoint cannot include any notion of rights, for such notion always rests on individuality. We are born under a load of obligations of every kind, to our predecessors, to our successors, to our contemporaries. These obligations then increase or accumulate, for it is some time before we can return any service. … Any human right is therefore as absurd as immoral. Since there are no divine rights anymore, this concept must therefore disappear completely as related only to the preliminary regime and totally inconsistent with the final state where there are only duties based on functions.
Source: A General View of Positivism (1848, 1856), p. 104
Source: A General View of Positivism (1848, 1856), p. 169
Source: A General View of Positivism (1848, 1856), p. 9
Book VI: Social Physics, Ch. II: Principle Philosophical Attempts to Constitute a Social System
The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte (1853)
Source: A General View of Positivism (1848, 1856), p. 253-254
Source: A General View of Positivism (1848, 1856), p. 71