We, on the contrary—basing ourselves on a tradition much more ancient and real than the one which can be claimed by the “faith” of Western man, on a tradition which is not proved by doctrines, but by deeds and acts of power and clairvoyance—affirm instead the possibility and the concrete … Continue reading
Category Archives: Auguste Comte
Remembering the Dead
Note: This translation of Charles Maurras’ “All Soul’s Day” originally appeared in Taki’s Magazine. On All Soul’s Day, we honor the memory of the dead, especially those closest to us in our hearts and mind. Charles Maurras refers to this as “the universal cult of the dead, of all the … Continue reading
Law of Social Dynamics
Auguste Comte proposed the Law of Social Dynamics where humanity passes necessarily through the three states of theological affirmation, metaphysical critique, and positive science or religion. In point of fact, from a historical perspective, not every society has passed through those three stages; furthermore, Comte has not demonstrated that every … Continue reading
The Dawn of the Gods
We all know about the Twilight of the Gods and how they have abondoned us, but few dare to ask where they came from in the first place. Auguste Comte proposed that humanity has progressed from belief in polytheism to monotheism, then to an all embracing metaphysical or ideological principle, … Continue reading
Scientific Clarity and Assurance
What our fathers did through custom and feeling, we ourselves pursue it through reason and will, with the assurance and clarity of science. Continue reading
Intellectual Anarchy
No readers of these lectures should I ever think it necessary to prove that ideas govern and upset the world, or, in other terms, that the whole social mechanism rests, at bottom, on opinions. They are acutely aware that the great political and moral crisis in present-day society is due, … Continue reading
Family Values
If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. ~ 1 Timothy 5:8 Continue reading
The Sacred Syllables of Auguste Comte
Order and Progress Family, Country, Humanity Love as the principle and order as the basis, progress as the goal Everything is relative, that is the absolute principle Infer in order to deduce, so as to construct To know in order to foresee, to foresee in order to make possible The … Continue reading