About the book: 2011 / The reader is invited to the work of the outstanding French philosopher and sociologist Auguste Comte, which contains a brief summary of the philosophical system of this thinker. The author examines the “law of three stages” (religious, philosophical and scientific) of the evolution of intellectual consciousness and the human spirit; on the basis of this law, O. Comte defines the “true spirit” of positive philosophy, indicates its purpose, social and moral role in social development, etc. For philosophers, sociologists, historians and methodologists of science, all interested readers. http:// fb2.traumlibrary.net