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> [In the final, the positive, state, the mind has given over the vain search after absolute notions, the origin and destination of the universe, and the causes of phenomena, and applies itself to the study of their laws-that is, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/in-the-final-the-positive-state-the-mind-has-given-over-the-vain/)

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## More by Auguste Comte

> [Know yourself to improve yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/know-yourself-to-improve-yourself/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [Induction for deduction, with a view to construction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/induction-for-deduction-with-a-view-to-construction/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [But now, I, August Comte, have discovered the truth. Therefore, there is no longer any need for freedom of thought or freedom of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/but-now-i-august-comte-have-discovered-the-truth-therefore-there-is/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [Indeed, every true science has for its object the determination of certain phenomena by means of others, in accordance with the relations which exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/indeed-every-true-science-has-for-its-object-the-determination-of/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [The dead governs the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/the-dead-governs-the-living/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [In the final, the positive, state, the mind has given over the vain search after absolute notions, the origin and destination of the universe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/in-the-final-the-positive-state-the-mind-has-given-over-the-vain/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [Every science consists in the coordination of facts; if the different observations were entirely isolated, there would be no science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/every-science-consists-in-the-coordination-of-facts-if-the-different/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [Woman is the most moral element in all humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/woman-is-the-most-moral-element-in-all-humanity/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [“The human mind, by its nature, employs in its progress three methods of philosophizing, the character of which is essentially different, and even radically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/the-human-mind-by-its-nature-employs-in-its-progress-three-methods-of/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/religion-is-an-illusion-of-childhood-outgrown-under-proper-education/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [The mathematical thermology created by Fourier may tempt us to hope that, as he has estimated the temperature of the space in which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/the-mathematical-thermology-created-by-fourier-may-tempt-us-to-hope/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [Foreknowledge is power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/foreknowledge-is-power/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [Monotheism occupies so large a space in the view of modern minds, that it is scarcely possible to form a just estimate of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/monotheism-occupies-so-large-a-space-in-the-view-of-modern-minds-that/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [To understand a science it is necessary to know its history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/to-understand-a-science-it-is-necessary-to-know-its-history/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

> [The word 'right' should be excluded from political language, as the word 'cause' from the language of philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/the-word-right-should-be-excluded-from-political-language-as-the-word/)

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