Works of Comte

1. The Plan of the Scientific Operations Necessary for the Reorganization of Society

• French Title: Plan des travaux scientifiques nécessaires pour réorganiser la société
• English Translation Title: The Plan of the Scientific Operations Necessary for the Reorganization of Society
• Year of original publication: 1822
• About the book: This book was published in 1822 by Saint Simon and Comte. This book discussed how politics could evolve into social physics and would discover scientific laws of social progress.

2. Course of Positive Philosophy

• French Title: Cours de Philosophie Positive
• English Translation Title: The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte
• Year of original publication: 1830-1842
• About the book: Comte wrote a collection of texts from 1830 to 1842. In his work, he explained the epistemological perspective of positivism.   Harriet Martineau translated and condensed the book later.
• Year of translated publication: 1853

3. A Discourse on the Positive Spirit

• French Title: Discours sur l’esprit positif
• English Title: A Discourse on the Positive Spirit
• Year of original publication: 1844
• Year of translated publication: 1903
• About the book: The first version came out in 1844 as an introduction to Popular Astronomy. In 1898, the Paris Positivist Society republished it on its own. Edward Spencer Beesly released it in 1903 after having it translated into English.

4. A General View of Positivism

• French Title: Discours sur l’ensemble du positivisme
• English Title: A General View of Positivism
• Year of original publication: 1848
• Year of translated publication: 1865
• About the book: This work by Comte gives an overview of what he called positivism, which is his approach to social issues. It was translated by J. H. Bridges and came out in 1865.

5. The System of Positive Polity, or Treatise on Sociology

• French Title: Système de politique positive, ou traité de sociologie instituant la religion de l’Humanité
• English Title: The System of Positive Polity, or Treatise on Sociology
• Year of original publication: 1851–1854, four volumes
• About the book: Comte finished arranging his ideas about sociology in this work. The whole work focused on morality and moral progress as the essential part of human knowledge and work, and it explained the kind of political organization needed to make this happen. J. H. Bridges translates it into English.