Excerpt from A Statement of the Natural Sources of Theology: With a Discussion of Their Validity, and of Modern Sceptical Objections; To Which Is Added an Article on the First Chapter of Genesis In the first half of the present century Auguste Comte published his system of Positive Philosophy. It has found few disciples; and the vagaries of Comte's later years, when he became, as sober English sense would declare, insane in his worship of mankind in general, and women in particular, have weakened very much the direct power of his name. Yet his writings at one time exerted a great influence; and some of the clearest English and French writers of our day owe to him, indirectly, more than they, perhaps are, them selves aware. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.