This research aims at studying the Positivist ideas in George Eliot‟s
The Mill on the Floss. The introduction talks about the Positivist
theory and its founder August Comte. The theory puts science as a
basis for any discussion or analysis. Comte
thinks that man must
have an object or a subject to love and respect, so he asks to
substitute the idea of Deity with the idea of humanity as a whole
unity including all men and women in all ages who work to serve
society and achieve good morals.
