BOHN'S PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY

THE POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY OF

AUGUSTE COMTE

VOL. III.

THE

POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY

OF

AUGUSTE COMTE

FREELY TRANSLATED AND CONDENSED BY

HARRIET MARTINEAU

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
FREDERIC HARRISON

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. III.

LONDON

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CHISWICK PRESS-CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.

TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.

CONTENTS.

BOOK VI.

SOCIAL PHYSICS.

CHAPTER VII.

PREPARATION OF THE HISTORICAL QUESTION.-FIRST THEO-

LOGICAL PHASE: FETICHISM.-BEGINNING OF THE

THEOLOGICAL AND MILITARY SYSTEM.

SECOND PHASE: POLYTHEISM.-DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEO-