Antedating of "Positivism"
Fred Shapiro
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Apr 2 01:08:37 UTC 2006
positivism (OED 1847)
1842 _American Biblical Repository_ July 154 (American Periodical Series)
Everything turns to a frightful positivism, to a disgusting
utilitarianism.
Fred Shapiro
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Fred R. Shapiro Editor
Associate Librarian for Collections and YALE BOOK OF QUOTATIONS
Access and Lecturer in Legal Research Yale University Press,
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