Auguste Comte
French philosopher and pioneer of positivism (1798-1857) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Auguste Comte (full name: Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte; January 17, 1798 – September 5, 1857) was a French thinker. He was one of the founders of sociology. He created the word from the Latin: socius, "companion"; and the suffix -ology, "the study of", from Greek λόγος, lógos, "knowledge" [4]) He also started a way of thinking about and understanding human knowledge called positivism.[5]
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Born | Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte (1798-01-19)19 January 1798 |
Died | 5 September 1857(1857-09-05) (aged 59) Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | University of Montpellier École Polytechnique |
Spouse | Caroline Massin (m. 1825–1842) |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
Notable ideas | Sociological positivism, law of three stages, encyclopedic law, altruism |
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