A general view of Chinese civilization and of the relations of the West with China.

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From the French of M. Pierre Laffitte, (Director of Positivism). Translated by John Carey Hall, M.A., Assistant Japanese Secretary to H.B.M. s Legation, Tokyo . London : Trübner Co. ; Yokohama, Shanghai Hongkong : Kelly Walsh (Limited) ; Tokyo Yokohama : Z. P. Mary Co. (Limited), 1887. Octavo (230 x 150 mm), recent quarter Morocco over marbled papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; pp. x, 127, [1 blank], [2 C ourse of Philosophic Lectures on the General History of Humanity, delivered gratuitously by M. Pierre Laffitte, (in 1858-59, 1859-60 and following years ],[2 List of Positivist Publications sold by Messrs. Reeves Turner London ]; a fine copy. An assessment of Chinese civilisation by the French positivist philosopher Pierre Laffitte (1823-1903). Laffitte was a disciple of Auguste Comte (1798-1857), who formulated the doctrine of positivism and is regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term, his ideas being fundamental to the development of sociology.

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