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Date of Birth
Auguste Comte was born in Montpellier, Hérault France. -
A leitomotif
Conceptualized sociology as the scientific base for philosophical and political reflections which could provide the doctrine of a new political power. The initial programme was written under the influence of Saint-Simon with whom he worked with. (Gane, 2006) As a young scholar, this would be the leitmotif for the continuation of his life's work. Gane, Mike. Auguste Comte. Routledge, 2006. -
Course in Positive Philosophy
In order to found a sociology based on a new philosophy of science he constructed an immensely detailed account of the evolutionary logic of the sciences one by one and as a whole, arguing that their development not only followed a determined order: mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology and then sociology, but that this order could be understood as a system of dependencies. (Gane, 2006) Gane, Mike. Auguste Comte. Routledge, 2006. -
Triumph
Sociology has, for each epoch in turn, exhibited the present as the necessary outcome of the past, and so has enhanced its own authority by a continuous accumulation of decisive proofs. (Gane, 2006) It is at this point Comte believes that his idea has withstood time and has solidified as a concrete and evidence backed concept. Gane, Mike. Auguste Comte. Routledge, 2006. -
Date of Death
Auguste Comte died in Pars, France.