Auguste Comte: Volume 2 : An Intellectual Biography (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. 1843?1844: the battle against the pedantocracy; 2. Tensions in Comte's relationships, 1842?1846; 3. Clotilde de Vaux and the initial encounter with Comte; 4. The muse's tragic end; 5. Pain and recognition; 6. The revolution of 1848; 7. Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme; 8. Personal and professional disappointments; 9. The early development of the Religion of Humanity; 10. The development of the Positivist Movement; Concluding remarks.