The Philosophy of Mathematics: Translated from the Cours de Philosophie Positive of Auguste Comte, by W.M. Gillespie
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1851. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xvi, [1], 18-260, [1], 2-6 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [4] pp. Brown publisher's cloth with a gold device on the front board and gold lettering on the spine. Salmon coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a full-page chart. With a nineteenth-century bookseller's stamp, Toon & Rutland, of Nashville, Ten., on the free front endpaper. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "Auguste Comte". A translated portion from Comte's Cours, his magnum opus. The eight volumes that comprise the original work discuss the social sciences, mathematics, astronomy, physics, biology, and various sciences. This portion outlines Comte's philosophy of mathematics. The philosopher stands as an early figure in the philosophy of science, and according to the SEP, the principal founder of positivism. Good. Item #000013212
The crown and heel of the spine chipped away, two name stamps, and foxing to the textblock.
Price: $150.00