Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-10-15

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In the death q Asgag)s Cosats. Which
Is announced ythe la4 bgeEs as'ival.
Europe bss loSsose Of - oss prosssnd
and ;ndspeodest thiok( :. ~ sciences :
cultiv.tor supposedly ssss b psss;os-
ate devotion to truth. 10 sarsese sincerity
Of rssssrch,4sFis i1usszuutssssslsy
Of grasp. IL mot isl Of
vision. W. I ~ w IT, i oiioswsssisa, Of
Comse, as . philosophical tPachsr, His
system, in, iodf oPaiS;ohs lsbsss Under
psipabIss and f6pb6fss6E deeds. III.
method ~,s' s.aaissk ihMeidSy. his
range = in,u;t;Yn ~. !, comparatively
limited, and 81. ssyis Of exposition was
- remarkable f. ths abssnceof symp-
ny, as sor ;ts stringent demand; on ths
intellectually of tho student. Bot W
lbocor Comic fos b oityse.esti6e aim.
He was intent, % reducing The pursuit
Of trsth to . pracsicaI reality. He
sought to harmonixe the acquisitions sf
ages by clearing avay the rubbish from
the. products Of wisdo1. Il vas h1
task to undertake the analysis Of error,
to dsvelop ,hs| lawsf it, ges>s;s, ssA to
drive ! away from shs 6et y scisaai6e
research. In the sphere Of physical
facts, the Primitive Philosophy of Comic
presents : clue Of sinestins.le }vslus b
the explorer Of nature. Beyond that
limiat, iss earlier aspects were merkstby
4 dest,Iate snegasion Of The ;deal. IL
later attempts to inaogurase religion and
scotimeas sxhib;san erraticp flasey,
rather than sober conviction % sptitu-
n realities. Still, the influence Of Ceuae
viii be deeply felt in the in,elleetual de-
velopsmrnt Of ths age. h wss long be-
fore he found st appreciation, but he did
not taste Of death until he had CONF
manded the homage Of great and nobls
minds among his contemporaries The
details Of Comics life are extremely
meager. We have Recently Published
\ description Of some Of the most inter
esting passages in his history. which
many Of our readers will remembe,.-
Il aN4 K# As8
Was born, Jan. Il, 1898. 10 Monlpep;er,.
the beautiful city 10 the south d F1.see.
which has kng been famous >. NE re-
sort Of Amer;can and British .valids in
quest Of heaith. At the age Of sixtees
he entered the PolyteeAs;e School in
Paris, and for the rest Of his life made,
that city his permanens res;;aence. He
early exhibited = decided prea;lsctoa
for msshemat,cal studies, and il lea2
became 4zte>sAe, ~ Ahai hraneh Of
science = the seminary j wt;sA he had
been educassd. The gerns ef,he Posi-
tive Philosophy. with which his name >
identified, wers published a carly !,
1870, in a periodical Of which he va
me % the collsborslorss. Alter the Re-
yoluiiea Of .''sly, 1850. no. formed IN
intimacy with TIE 81. Silnoonn;;alp.s,, .sd Tor
some time was isnbued with ,dni;rst;oo
Of the brilliant discoveries which ihey
claimed foratheir muster. But Comte
was not tho man to embsses The sysesn,
ef aaotber niad, He bs.jly, followed
bis own course ofinquiry md deddetiop.
of which ~ prssea.ed thsI6rss, lsuias 70
the world IN the 6 Positive Ph;,,,ssspspby, 4
the first volume Of which was pstsishttd
IN 1889. and has since beea soocsedsd
BY several others. Upon the diyslsisxd
Of what wers considered, ultdsr shs
scientific etiquette Of his time. q aida
cious speculation. lle io,e his position
as public teacher, and sfoe .sssesal
lyesrs2 depended for = syppost o. giyisR
private lsssss ia1 ihea Fosiqaee d
4 mathematics. sa.Of late, . few oG his d.
Fciples il id;fIsFsA eooatrie.. . ssillinnf
i'has tho Powerssfso great = isassksold
be. wasted IN such humble labors t(sarss ! !,
livelihood, had secured % him MI manu.
II &S:H ssS$ - Sffts EstA
al stipend which sulI;csd Cor tLelaodesa
waists aud simple habits ola philosopher,
'|-N Il ;a.-..fy z W .OID
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