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religion was to increase altruism, so that believers acted always in the best interests of humanity as a whole. The priests would be international ambassadors of altruism, teaching, arbitrating in industrial and political disputes, and directing public opinion. They should be scholars, physicians, poets and artists. Indeed all the arts, including dancing and singing should be practiced by them, like
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This required long training. They began training from the age of twenty-eight, studying in positivist schools. From thirty-five to forty-two a priest served in an apprentice position as teacher and ritualist. Only at the age of forty-two could he become a full priest. They earned no money and could
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organized the "Positivist Church of Brazil." In 1897 the "Temple of
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to be married, because of the ennobling influence of womanhood. They would conduct services, including
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Davies argues that Comte's austere and "slightly dispiriting" philosophy of humanity – viewed as alone in an indifferent universe (which can only be explained by "positive" science) – "was even more influential in
Victorian England than the theories of Charles Darwin or Karl Marx".
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not hold offices outside the priesthood. In this way their influence was purely spiritual and moral. The High Priest of
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