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Polish " Positivism " drew its name from the philosophy of Auguste Comte.

Much of its ideology was inspired by the works of British scholars and scientists including Herbert Spencer and John Stuart Mill.

The Polish Positivists advocated the exercise of reason before emotion.

They believed that independence, if it is to be regained, must be won gradually, by " building from the foundations " ( creating a material infrastructure and educating the public ) and through organic work that would enable Polish society to function as a fully integrated social organism ( a concept borrowed from Herbert Spencer ).