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Definition of Positivists
1. positivist [n] - See also: positivist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Positivists
Literary usage of Positivists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"THE positivists Mortimer Collins. ... Churches and creeds are all lost in the
mists; Truth must be sought with the positivists. ..."
2. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"Com- iate Sferi" plete positivists need not wait for the full accomplishment of
the transition which they ought to guide, they may at once recommend ..."
3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1912)
"The " positivists " are the antipodes of the Naturalists. They include all those
writers who, in contradistinction to Hobbes and Pufendorf, not only defend ..."
4. Selections from the Poetical Works of Mortimer Collins by Mortimer Collins (1886)
"THE positivists. LIFE and the Universe show spontaneity ; Down with ridiculous
notions of Deity ! Churches and creeds are all lost in the mists ; Truth must ..."
5. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy (1872)
"He is the head of the small, compact band of English positivists. It is understood
that he goes as far in the direction of the creed which was the dream of ..."
6. Reminiscences by Justin McCarthy (1899)
"Mr. Congreve was then the head of the small and compact band of English positivists.
At the time to which I am now going back it was ..."
7. A Satire Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1905)
"Other religions are buried in mists; We're our own Gods, say the positivists.
J Mortimer Collins. SKY-MAKING TO PROFESSOR TYNDALL UST take a trifling ..."
8. A Satire Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1905)
"Other religions are buried in mists; We're our own Gods, say the positivists.
Mortimer Collins. SKY-MAKING TO PROFESSOR TYNDALL JUST take a trifling handful ..."
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