Auguste Comte
Know only facts: the positive age of science.
Course of Positive Philosophy essential
Six volumes, 60 lessons, written and published by him. He first gave them as a public course from 1826. Lesson 1 states the law of three states, lesson 2 classifies the sciences. Lessons 46 to 60 found sociology. We have lessons 1, 2, 46 and 47 (proofread text), 48 to 51 (OCR, not proofread). The word "sociology" is coined in lesson 47.
Discourse on the Positive Spirit essential
A popular summary of the Course, published by him as the preface to a treatise on astronomy. The best entry point. Complete proofread text (1909 edition).
System of Positive Polity essential
Four volumes in which he builds the Religion of Humanity: worship, calendar, priesthood. Not yet in our corpus.
Positivist Catechism essential
Written and published by him. A dialogue in eleven conversations between a Woman and a Priest of Humanity: the Priest speaks for Comte, the Woman's questions are a literary device. Our text is a noisy OCR: we quote only clean sentences.