CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTORY i 



PART I 

 COMTISM, WITH SOME SCATTERED PARALLELS 



CHAPTER II 

 COMTE'S LIFE AND THE PRINCIPLES OF HIS TEACHING . . 10 



CHAPTER III 

 THE APPEAL TO BIOLOGY ........ 28 



Note A: On " Natural Law in the Spiritual World" . . 35 



CHAPTER IV 

 THE APPEAL TO HISTORY 38 



CHAPTER V 

 THE DOCTRINE OF ALTRUISM 49 



CHAPTER VI 

 COMTE'S LAWGIVING . ... 60 



