Auguste Comte

Comte in 1849 Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (; 19 January 1798 – 30 September 1857) was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism. He is often regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term. Comte's ideas were also fundamental to the development of sociology, with him inventing the very term and treating the discipline as the crowning achievement of the sciences.

Influenced by Henri de Saint-Simon, Comte's work attempted to remedy the social disorder caused by the French Revolution, which he believed indicated imminent transition to a new form of society. He sought to establish a new social doctrine based on science, which he labelled ''positivism''. He had a major impact on 19th-century thought, influencing the work of social thinkers such as John Stuart Mill and George Eliot. His concept of ''Sociologie'' and social evolutionism set the tone for early social theorists and anthropologists such as Harriet Martineau and Herbert Spencer, evolving into modern academic sociology presented by Émile Durkheim as practical and objective social research.

Comte's social theories culminated in his "Religion of Humanity", which presaged the development of non-theistic religious humanist and secular humanist organisations in the 19th century. He may also have coined the word ''altruisme'' (altruism). Provided by Wikipedia
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    Cours de philosophie positive / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1908
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    Correspondence / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1903
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    Cours de philosophie positive / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1908
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    Philosohes et penseurs / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1909
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    Philosophie positive / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1907
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    Cours de philosophie positive : les préliminaires généraux et la philosophie mathématique / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1907
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    Cours de philosophie positive : la philosophie astronomique et la philosophie de la physique / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1908
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    Cours de philosophie positive : la philosophie chimique et la philosophie biologique / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1908
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    Cours de philosophie positive : la partie dogmatique de la philosophie sociale / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1908
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    Cours de philosophie positive : la partie historique de la philosophie sociale / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1908
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    Discours sur l'esprit positif / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1908
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    Catéchisme positiviste ou sommaire exposition de la Religion Universelle / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1909
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    Opuscules de philosophie sociale 1819-1828 / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1883
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    The action of positivism upon the working classes / by Comte, Auguste

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    Curso de filosofía positiva ( lecciones 1 y 2 ) ; Discurso sobre el espíritu positivo. / by Comte, Auguste

    Published 1984
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