At the time of his death, he was planning to write a review of the seven sciences from a moralistic point of view, but he only completed the volume on mathematics.  
At the time of his death, he was planning to write a review of the seven sciences from a moralistic point of view, but he only completed the volume on mathematics.  This author of The Subjective Synthesis distinguished between the spiritual and the temporal in his work "Considerations of the Spritual Power," and his other early essays include "A General Distinction Between Opinions and Desires."  The coiner of the term (*) "altruism," he developed a tripartite law which stated that civilization was to go from animism to polytheism to monotheism during its theological stage before moving onto the pseudo-scientific metaphysical stage and then finally reaching the final stage, where all is based on science and empirical observation.  For 10 points, name this French founder of positivism.
At the time of his death, he was planning to write a review of the seven sciences from a moralistic point of view, but he only completed the volume on mathematics.  
Auguste {Comte}