What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Positivism
1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 21, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Positivism once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on June 21, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sandbrook explains that the flag's motto 'Ordem e Progresso' derives from Auguste Comte and reflects Latin America's late-19th-century enthusiasm for positivism.
“It's the sort of motto of the positivist movement. And in Latin America, people were obsessed with positivism in the late 19th century”
The Rest Is History: 681. Brazil: The Emperor’s Anthem (Part 5) (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:05
Episodes
681. Brazil: The Emperor’s Anthem (Part 5)The Rest Is History · Jun 21, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace Brazil's national anthem from Dom Pedro I's independence hymn through decades without lyrics to its 1922 text and protest uses.
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