The Positive Philosophy
                              of
                       Auguste Comte
                      Freely Translated and Condensed by
                        Harriet Martineau
                         with an Introduction by
                         Frederic Harrison
                          In Three Volumes
                            Vol. III
                      Batoche Books
                          Kitchener
                            2000
               London George Bell & Sons 1896
                           Contents
               Chapter VII: Preparation of the Historical Question.—First Theologi-
                 cal Phase: Fetichism.—Beginning of the Theological and Military
                 System......................................................................................... 5
               Chapter VIII: Second Phase: Polytheism.—Development of the
                 Theological and Military System............................................... 29
               Chapter IX: Age of Monotheism.—Modification of the Theological
                 and Military System .................................................................. 72
               Chapter X: Metaphysical State, and Critical Period of Modern
                 Society......................................................................................115
               Chapter XI: Rise of The Elements of The Positive State.—Prepara-
                 tion For Social Reorganization................................................ 168
               Chapter XII: Review of The Revolutionary Crisis—Ascertainment of
                 the Final Tendency of Modern Society. ................................... 233
               Chapter XIII: Final Estimate of The Positive Method ................... 290
               Chapter XIV: Estimate of the Results of Positive Doctrine in Its
                 Preparatory Stage.................................................................... 324
               Chapter XV: Estimate of the Final Action of the Positive
                 Philosophy................................................................................ 336