Comtism
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Nothing could exceed the discord of vituperation, the Hebraism of Carlyle denouncing the Vaticanism of Wiseman, "Free Kirk and other rubbish" pitted against "Comtism, ghastliest of algebraic spectralities."
From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Gosse, Edmund
Here are two propositions: the first, that the "Philosophie Positive" contains little or nothing of any scientific value; the second, that Comtism is, in spirit, anti-scientific.
From Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews by Huxley, Thomas Henry
There is no adequate motive for the retention of the ritualism and worship of Comtism, nor is there any good reason for the deification of humanity.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Sellars, Roy Wood
The few lines devoted to Comtism in my paper on the "Physical Basis of Life" were, in intention, strictly limited to these two purposes.
From Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews by Huxley, Thomas Henry
The founder of Comtism developing this dogma, urges that after the death of either husband or wife the duty of the survivor is not to re-marry.
From Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer by Frederickson, Charles W.
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