 This unexpected agreement between the paleo- and post-positivists shows that there is some enduring substance to Comte’s original thinking and partially explains why Comtean studies have seen a strong revival of late (Bourdeau 2018, Schmaus 2021). Philosophers and sociologists have begun to draw attention to the interesting views defended over a century and a half ago by the founder of positivism. It thus seems that the eclipse of the original positivism is nearing its end.