http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/02/positivist-temple/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 21:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/02/positivist-temple/comment-page-1/#comment-154030 SteveG Tue, 02 May 2006 16:17:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/02/positivist-temple/#comment-154030 I love teaching Comte. Sure, his view of science is naive and ill-informed and his sociology simplistic and condescending, but that's what makes his view so cute, so innocent. Inevitably, i will have an undergrad with wide eyes come up after class and say he or she has had the same ideas. I love teaching Comte. Sure, his view of science is naive and ill-informed and his sociology simplistic and condescending, but that’s what makes his view so cute, so innocent. Inevitably, i will have an undergrad with wide eyes come up after class and say he or she has had the same ideas.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/02/positivist-temple/comment-page-1/#comment-154008 Chris Williams Tue, 02 May 2006 14:05:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/02/positivist-temple/#comment-154008 Next best thing - Leicester Secular Hall. No Compte, but we've got Jesus, Paine, Socrates, Voltaire and Owen. http://homepages.stayfree.co.uk/lss/busts.htm Next best thing – Leicester Secular Hall. No Compte, but we’ve got Jesus, Paine, Socrates, Voltaire and Owen.
http://homepages.stayfree.co.uk/lss/busts.htm

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/02/positivist-temple/comment-page-1/#comment-154006 a Tue, 02 May 2006 13:51:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/02/positivist-temple/#comment-154006 His grave is in Pere Lachaise. His grave is in Pere Lachaise.

]]>