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" ... the true human point of view, —that it is not individual but social; for under either the statical or the dynamical aspect, Man is a mere abstraction, and there is nothing real but Humanity, regarded intellectually or, yet more, morally. "
Science - Page 351
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The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte, Volume 2

Auguste Comte - 1853 - 722 pages
...view, — that it is not individual but social ; for \mder either the statical or the dynamical aspect, Man is a mere abstraction, and there is nothing real but Humanity, regarded intellectually or, yet more, morally. It is only through its holding this view, that the theological...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 35

1879 - 980 pages
...otherwise than individually ;" whereas " the true human point of view is not individual but social." " Man is a mere abstraction, and there is nothing real but humanity, regarded intellectually and yet more morally."* It is in fact just this thought of the unity and solidarity...
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Science, Volume 6

John Michels (Journalist) - 1885 - 624 pages
...social philosophy of Comte. This part of the work is on the whole done very appreciatively. Then, hi chapter ii., Prof. Caird begins his criticisms. Yet...side,' including, in this, Comte's 'substitutes for metaphysic and theology.' Toward the end of the book, in chapter iv., on 'Comte's view of the relation...
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The Social Philosophy and Religion of Comte

Edward Caird - 1885 - 284 pages
...regarded as a vague abstraction like Nature, is asserted to be the most real of all things or beings. " Man is a mere abstraction, and there is nothing real but Humanity." And Comte is so far from saying that the individual is confined to the data of his own individual consciousness...
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Two Spheres; Or, Mind Versus Instinct

W. T. B. Martin, T. E. S. T. - 1894 - 536 pages
...generally was considerable, and his style somewhat popular. Here are some of his sayings : " The individual man is a mere abstraction, and there is nothing real but Humanity. . . . The God who made all things work together for good to his creatures has dis* Comte's "Philosophy...
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Socialism and Modern Thought

Moritz Kaufmann - 1895 - 240 pages
...theological bias. He points out that in his opposition to revolutionary individualism in such sayings as : " Man is a mere abstraction, and there is nothing real but Humanity" ; Comte goes too far, though this is easily explained from the reaction which followed in Comte's time...
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The Laws of Social Evolution

Franklin Monroe Sprague - 1895 - 180 pages
...the individual to society, Comte says, " The true human point of view is not individual but social. Man is a mere abstraction, and there is nothing real but humanity (society)." ' So Mr. Kidd seeks to show that the individual is nothing, or a mere sacrifice, while...
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Lessing's Education of the Human Race, Issue 20

John Dearling Haney - 1908 - 72 pages
...Social Philosophy and Religion of Comte when he says in his Preface, quoting Comte, " The individual man is a mere abstraction and there is nothing real but humanity," add"ing, " The same change (of the point of view) brings with it a restoration of religion. The 'objective'...
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Social Principles of Education

George Herbert Betts - 1912 - 350 pages
...be anarchy and dissolution. The socialistic1 concept in its most extreme form leads to the view that "man is a mere abstraction, and there is nothing real but humanity." If a conflict should occur 'The term "socialistic" is here used as the opposite of "individualistic,"...
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George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Science: The Make-Believe of a Beginning

Sally Shuttleworth - 1987 - 302 pages
...illusions, and show what is the true human point of view, - that it is not individual but social; . . . Man is a mere abstraction, and there is nothing real but Humanity, regarded intellectually or, yet more, morally."28 Man cannot be considered apart from his membership...
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