Auguste Comte

The cult of humanity replaces theology.

Observation is the sovereign method.

The mind can only observe.

Laws are relations between phenomena.

Social statics studies order.

Social dynamics studies progress.

The priest of humanity is the sociologist.

The future belongs to positivism.

Egoism is the enemy of society.

Science knows no country.

The classification of sciences is hierarchical.

Morality is social.

The brain is the organ of the mind.

Humanity progresses through sympathy.

Theology explains by supernatural causes.

Metaphysics explains by abstract forces.

Positivism explains by laws.

My last words: Place Clotilde's picture on my heart.