Know Yourself To Improve Yourself.

Monotheism Occupies So Large A Space In The View Of Modern Minds, That It Is Scarcely Possible To Form A Just Estimate Of The Preceding Phases Of The Theological Philosophy.

If We Do Not Allow Free Thinking In Chemistry Or Biology, Why Should We Allow It In Morals Or Politics?

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 Invariable Relations Of Succession And Resemblance. Reasoning And Observation, Duly Combined, Are The Means Of This Knowledge. What Is Now Understood When We Speak Of An Explanation Of Facts Is Simply The Establishment Of A Connection Between Single Phenomena And Some General Facts.

Language Forms A Kind Of Wealth, Which All Can Make Use Of At Once Without Causing Any Diminution Of The Store, And Which Thus Admits A Complete Community Of Enjoyment; For All, Freely Participating In The General Treasure, Unconsciously Aid In Its Preservation.

To Understand A Science It Is Necessary To Know Its History.