Abstract
In France my attitude as a philosopher is necessarily anomalous, because the unfitness of the upper class obliges me habitually to appeal to the lower, a course which gives a revolutionary colour to the best counsels. In Eastern Europe alone can enlightened theories now find chiefs disposed to appreciate and be able to utilize them. This contrast is a natural result of Western anarchy.
Auguste Comte's letter to the czar of Russia
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