ABSTRACT

First published in 1924, Memoirs of a Positivist is both an autobiography of the author and a history of the English Positivist movement in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It especially elaborates on the influence of the Positivist movement in the religious life of people and the manners in which scientific reasons were sought for religious beliefs. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy, religion and history.

chapter Chapter I|11 pages

Days of Belief

chapter Chapter II|13 pages

From Christianity To Positivism

chapter Chapter III|17 pages

Experiences of Secularism

chapter Chapter IV|11 pages

Northern Secularism

chapter Chapter V|22 pages

The Early History Of Positivism

chapter Chapter VI|12 pages

Preaching Positivism

chapter Chapter VII|12 pages

My First Church

chapter Chapter VIII|21 pages

Positivist Developments

chapter Chapter IX|11 pages

My Second Church

chapter Chapter X|18 pages

Some Positivist Experiments

chapter Chapter XI|14 pages

The Later Positivism

chapter Chapter XII|11 pages

Order and Disorder

chapter Chapter XIII|13 pages

Positivizing Catholicism

chapter Chapter XIV|19 pages

In The Catholic Church

chapter Chapter XV|8 pages

Labour And Peace

chapter Chapter XVI|15 pages

After-Thoughts