O positivismo de Getúlio Vargas em diferentes momentos

Abstract

This study aims to identify positivism in this Getúlio Vargas, whether by family influence or his proximity to political figures who occupied prominent positions in the political landscape of Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil, demonstrating that, in addition to family relationships, another factor that enabled the approach to the Getúlio Vargas positivist ideology was the exercise of Government's defense Gaúcho, of Republican Party Rio Grandense (PRR) and the main leaders of the party, exercised in the period in which he was academic law program School of Porto Alegre / RS. Throughout this work we compare the speeches delivered by Getúlio Vargas positivists authors. Specifically selected the following speeches: the speaker of Law Class of 1907, his speech to the President Elect of the State, Borges, in a formal ceremony in the Assembly of Representatives in 1913, as well as his speech in the Federal Chamber, in 1925, when the reform of the Constitution of 1891 culminating in the inauguration speech as head of the Provisional Government in 1930.