The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte

Introduction; 1. Account of the aim of this work – View of the nature and importance of the Positive Philosophy; 2. View of the hierarchy of the positive sciences; Part I. Mathematics: 1. Mathematics, abstract and concrete; 2. General view of mathematical analysis; 3. General view of geometry; 4. Rational mechanics; Part II. Astronomy: 1. General view; 2. Methods of study of astronomy; 3. Geometrical phenomena of the heavenly bodies; 4. Celestial statics; 5. Celestial dynamics; 6. Sidereal astronomy and cosmogony; Part III. Physics: 1. General view; 2. Barology; 3. Thermology; 4. Acoustics; 5. Optics; 6. Electrology; Part IV. Chemistry: 1. General view; 2. Inorganic Chemistry; 3. Doctrine of definite proportions; 4. The electro-chemical theory; 5. Organic chemistry; Part V. Biology: 1. General view of biology; 2. Anatomical philosophy; 3. Biotaxic philosophy; 4. Organic or vegetative life; 5. The animal life; 6. Intellectual and moral or cerebral functions.