Men Are Not Allowed To Think Freely

Religion Is An Illusion Of Childhood, Outgrown Under Proper Education.

All Good Intellects Have Repeated, Since Bacon's Time, That There Can Be No Real Knowledge But Which Is Based On Observed Facts.

Each Department Of Knowledge Passes Through Three Stages. The Theoretic Stage; The Theological Stage And The Metaphysical Or Abstract Stage.

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.

Positivism Is A Theory Of Knowledge According To Which The Only Kind Of Sound Knowledge Available To Human Kind Is That If Science Grounded In Observation.