Auguste Comte

Metaphysical thinking is the transitional stage.

Positive thinking is the final stage.

Mathematics is the most positive of the sciences.

Astronomy reveals the laws of the universe.

Physics explains the phenomena of matter.

Chemistry studies the composition of substances.

Biology is the science of life.

Social physics is the science of society.

The family is the moral basis of society.

Women are the heart of humanity.

Altruism is the law of human life.

The great fetich is the state.

Progress is the development of order.

Knowledge is power, but only positive knowledge.

The sovereignty of the people is a metaphysical illusion.

Sociology must be a positive science.

The division of labor is the law of social progress.

History is the science of the past.

The positive stage is the era of science.

Man is made for affection.