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The Life of Auguste Comte
The Philosopher known as Auguste Comte was born on January 19, 1798 in Montpellier, France. He was educated at Univ. of Montpellier and Ecole Polytechnique. He left both before graduating. In 1842, he divorced his wife of 17 years and was fired from his job at Ecole Polytechnique. Comte became involved in a plutonic but loving relationship with Clotilde de Vaux who died within 2 years after meeting. He died on September 5, 1857 in Paris. Totallyhistory.com/auguste-comte, December 10, 2013 -
Interesting Quotes from Auguste Compte
A few quotes from Auguste Comte: "To understand science it is necessary to know its history."
From: A Course of Positive Philosophy (1832 - 1842) [Six
volumes]
"The dead govern the living."
From: Le Catéchisme positiviste (1852)
"Foreknowledge is power."
As quoted in A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (1991) by Alan
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Comte earned the titles of being first the philosopher of science and the founder of Sociology. He is famous for many sociological ideals and works but 3 stand out to me. The first is "Positivism". A philosophical theory that knowledge is based on experience and empirical evidence. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/comte/, TitleStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Publication Day08/05/2018, TitleAuguste Comte -
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Second work is "Law of Three Stages". He was interested in human and societal behavior post-French Revolution. He saw society sought truth by going through 3 behaviors which are Theological Stage, Metaphysical Stage and Positive Stage. He thought that individuals, also society, started with less logic & evolve to thinking based on fact gained knowledge http://www.thegreatdebate.org.uk/Comte1.html,
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The third work, he created a religion called Religion of Humanity. It idealized the role of women in a Positivist society which he had planned to establish. The religion embraced morality, humanity and reason. It did not say that you could not believe in God, only that you had to live empirically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVamhT4Q3s Biography.com Editors. "biography.com Website". August 20, 2019. A & E Television Networks. April 2, 2014. https://www.biography.com/scholar/auguste-comte.
