Week 3 - Timeline 1

By sarasolhjou

  • The birth of Auguste Comte

    Auguste Comte was born in Montpellier France on January 19, 1798. Being raised in a very catholic household during the aftermath of the French revolution, was not cutting it for Comte.
    He decided to focus rather on society, than religion. Thus, creating what we call today sociology.

  • Comte's Education

    Comte studied at a school in Paris called École Polytechnique that was founded in 1794 to train military engineers but was shortly transformed into a school for advanced sciences. Here Comte realized he was a clever scientist/mathematician and decided to leave school and stay in Paris.

  • Comte & Henri de Saint-Simon

    in 1817,he found an apartment in Paris (where he lived until 1822). Later that year he became a student and secretary to Henri de Saint-Simon, who showed Comte what society was all about. After being introduced to it all, Comte published his first essays.

  • the end of partnership

    In 1824, Comte left Saint-Simon, because of "indifferences". Comte published a "Plan de travaux scientifiques nécessaires pour réorganiser la société (1822) (Plan of scientific studies necessary for the reorganization of society)." But he did not receive an academic post. His life now depended on financial help from friends.

  • Auguste Comte's lecture

    In 1826, he presented a series of lectures to a group of French intellectuals. Half way through the lecture series, he had a nervous breakdown. he later ended up in the mental hospital, only to be left uncured.

  • POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY

    Auguste finally developed what he called " system of positive philosophy " a system that could help us understand human relationships and actions, the way the scientific methods had allowed us to understand science.

  • three laws

    Here's a video link about the importance of Auguste, and the 3 laws he came up with. https://youtu.be/Kqv4Q5e8-R4

  • The passing of Comte

    Comte died of stomach cancer in Paris, France, at the age of 59. He was the founder of both "the field of sociology and the philosophy of positivism, he comes to be regarded as the first real philosopher of science."