Everything Is Relative; And Only That Is

The Sacred Formula Of Positivism: Love As A Principle, The Order As A Foundation, And Progress As A Goal.

The Word Right Should Be Excluded From Political Language, As The Word Cause From The Language Of Philosophy.

The Law Is This: That Each Of Our Leading Conceptions-each Branch Of Our Knowledge-passes Successively Through Three Different Theoretical Conditions: The Theological, Or Fictitious: The Metaphysical, Or Abstract; And The Scientific, Or Positive.

In The Final, The Positive, State, The Mind Has Given Over The Vain Search After Absolute Notions, The Origin And Destination Of The Universe, And The Causes Of Phenomena, And Applies Itself To The Study Of Their Laws - That Is, Their Invariable Relations Of Succession And Resemblance. Reasoning And Observation, Duly Combined, Are The Means Of This Knowledge. What Is Now Understood When We Speak Of An Explanation Of Facts Is Simply The Establishment Of A Connection Between Single Phenomena And Some General Facts.

But Now, I, August Comte, Have Discovered The Truth. Therefore, There Is No Longer Any Need For Freedom Of Thought Or Freedom Of The Press. I Want To Rule And To Organize The Whole Country.