...philosophizing, the character of which is essentially different and even radically opposed, namely, the theological, or fictitious; the metaphysical, or abstract; and the scientific, or positive; each of which excludes the other. The first is the necessary point of departure of the human understanding,...

...is the Positive method. ' The human mind has a fixed progress, and passes through three stages — the theological, or fictitious ; the metaphysical,...employs in its progress three methods of philosophising. Hence arise three philosophies, or general systems of conceptions of the aggregate of phenomena, each...

...branch of our knowledge — passes successively through three different theoretical condititions : the Theological, or fictitious ; the Metaphysical,...its nature, employs in its progress three methods of philosophizing, the character of which is essentially different, and even radically opposed: viz.,...

...of human progress," that " each branch of our knowledge passes successively through three different theoretical conditions; the theological or fictitious,...metaphysical or abstract, and the scientific or positive." This " progress" of the general mind of man is illustrated, we read, by that of the individual mind....

...our leading conceptions, each branch of our knowledge, passes successively through three different theoretical conditions, the theological or fictitious,...or positive. In other words, the human mind, by its very nature, employs in its progress three methods of philosophizing, the character of which is essentially...

...: the Thcological, or fictitious ; the Metaphysical, or abstract; and the Scientific, or Poxitice. In other words, the human mind, by its nature, employs in its progress three methods of philosophizing, the character of which is essentially different, and even radically opposed ; namely,...

...theoretic states : the state theological or fictitious, the state metaphysical or abstract, and the state scientific or positive. In other words, the human mind, by its nature, employs successively, in each of its researches, three methods of philosophizing, whose character is essentially...

...theoretic states : the state theological or fictitious, the state metaphysical or abstract, and the state scientific or positive. In other words, the human mind, by its nature, employs successively, in each of its researches, three methods of philosophizing, whose character is essentially...

...theoretic states: the state theological or fictitious, the state metaphysical or abstract, and the state scientific or positive. In other words, the human mind, by its nature, employs successively, in each of its researches, three methods of philosophizing, whose character is essentially...

...our leading conceptions, each branch of our knowledge, passes successively through three different theoretical conditions: the Theological, or fictitious;...Metaphysical, or abstract; and the Scientific, or positive." The first stage he regards as the necessary point of departure of the human understanding; the third,...