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Birth of Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte, born in Montpellier, Hérault on January 19th, 1798. Isidore-Auguste-Marie-François-Xavier Comte, died September 5, 1857, Paris, A French Philosopher who founded the social science known as Sociology. Comte also founded positivism, which provided a mathematical and systematic approach to identifying social structures within society. -
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The Life of Auguste Comte
A Video illustrating The works of Auguste Comte, (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) https://youtu.be/OhVamhTV -
The Early Writings
The early writings provide a glimpse into what prompted Auguste Comte's philosophical point of view. One such influence was that of Saint-Simon of whom Comte served as a secretary under in (1817-1824). The literature provides an understanding of Comte's ideology involving social dynamics between three different elements.
The different periods of history, both organic and critical, industrial society, spiritual power; these three illustrate Saint-Simon's influence on Comte. -
Cours de philosophie positive
The final accumulation of Auguste's work in the, 1830–1842: Cours de philosophie positive, where he explains how science is transformed into philosophy using the three laws. The laws approach an ideology by illustrating the phases of humanities growth as separated by specific stages: theological, metaphysical, and positive. -
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Major Contributions to Sociology
Many significant Contributions were made by Auguste Comte's as a result of his work on Positivism. His philosophy on science Ultimately established Sociology as a field of science which is measurable, not like a pseudoscience which holds little evidentiary data. Further prompting the necessity altruistic societal views in applying mathematical algorithms to understand the differences in the social order. With the three laws being that backbone behind -
A General View of Positivism
During this literature, Auguste Comte establishes practical problems with the implementation of his doctrine and philosophy of Positivism within society. He discusses the importance of "sociology" as a science. Auguste is the first person to coin the name sociology. Specifically, he discusses his concerns with the social order will form in progress of the science sociology in Positivism. -
The Catechism of Positive Religion
Comte establishes the view of the positivist 'sociocracy' in describing the human transactions of intellectual and moral basis within segregated sectors of society. The literature covers Auguste Comt's three laws, in polytheism, monotheism, and theocracy. Effectively relating the Positivist's views', of the outward world, society and ethics better explained the way of life of the private and public. -
Synthèse subjective
This publication references Auguste Comte's ideas of "positive logic". As it is depicted using complex mathematical algorithms to explain the final evolution of man. In comparing the later stages of man's evolution prompting the "objective synthesis" to the Fetishism of man's thoughts at the beginning of life. Thus explaining the furthered scientific knowledge witnessed as it relates to the first phases of society involving an anthropomorphic view. -
Major Works References
1.) Auguste Comte, A General View of Positivism [French 1848], Bridges, J.H. (tr.) (London: Trubner and Co., 1865/ 2nd ed. 1880), pp. 1-5 2.) Comte, Auguste, and Harriet Martineau. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte. New York: D. Appleton, 1853. Print. 3.) Cours de philosophie positive (1830–42; “Course of Positive Philosophy”; Eng. trans. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte) -
Death of Auguste Comte
Died of stomach cancer on (5 September, 1857) He is currently buried in Cimetière du Père Lachaise
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
