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Early Life and Education
Born January 19, 1798 in Montpellier, France to Louis and Rosalie Comte. He attended University of Montpellier and Ecole polytechnic. Around 1816 he taught mathematics and journalism in Paris. -
System of Positive philosophy- order out of the chaos.
Living in a turbulent period in European history, he sought understand society and develope a system by which we could make order out of the chaos. Eureka! He finally developed what he called " system of positive philosophy " a system that could better help us to understand human relationships and actions in the same way the scientific method allowed us to understand science in the natural world. -
Three Stages of positive philosophy
Here is a video link of Auguste Comte major contribution to philosophy. https://youtu.be/ofmnGmI115E -
Short Video of his life
Comte had strong belief a secular religion could solve humanity's problems. In this new religion, mankind will be venerated but not God. He had a full system of belief and rituals, with liturgy and sacrament, priesthood and pontiff, all organized for public veneration of humanity, he called the New Supreme Being. Below is a video link to Youtube.com for a brief introduction to Auguste Comte and his religion and belief of "Sociology." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVamhT4Q3s
