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Auguste Comte

Also known as August Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte

French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857)

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Auguste Comte was a 19th-century French thinker who made major contributions to philosophy, mathematics, and the emerging field of sociology. He matters because he helped establish sociology as a scientific discipline and developed influential ideas about how human knowledge and society progress through different stages.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Roubaix
Place of death: Paris
Spouse: Caroline Massin
Occupation: writer
Educated at: Armentières
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Religion: agnostic atheism
Award: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Student of: Alexis Thérèse Petit
Doctoral student: Maximilien Marie
Field of work: sociology
Movement: positivism
Image: Portrait dAuguste Comte (maison dA. Comte, Paris) (2424895050).jpg

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student: Pierre Laffitte
writing language: French
name in native language: Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte
nickname: padre del positivismo
Commons category: Auguste Comte
date of birth: 1798-01-19
date of death: 1857-01-01
topic's main category: Category:Auguste Comte
influenced by: Louis de Bonald
described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
birth name: Auguste Comte
Commons gallery: Auguste Comte
cause of death: stomach cancer
archives at: Maison d'Auguste Comte
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maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
manner of death: natural causes
has works in the collection: Memoria Chilena

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Works in European collections

30 objects attributed to Auguste Comte, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Positive philosophy course - Volume 5,: The historical part of social philosophy /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 2,: La philosophie astronomique et la philosophie de la physique /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 3,: La philosophie chimique et la philosophie biologique /

Positive philosophy course - Volume 6 and last,: The complement of social philosophy /

Positive philosophy course - Volume 5,: The historical part of social philosophy /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 4,: La partie dogmatique de la philosophie sociale /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 2,: La philosophie astronomique et la philosophie de la physique /

Positive Philosophy Course - Volume 1,: General preliminares and mathematical philosophy /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 2,: La philosophie astronomique et la philosophie de la physique /

Positive philosophy course - Volume 5,: The historical part of social philosophy /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 6,: Le complément de la philosophie sociale et les conclusions générales /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 4,: La partie dogmatique de la philosophie sociale /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 3,: La philosophie chimique et la philosophie biologique /

Traité élémentaire de géométrie analytique a deux et a trois dimensions contenant toutes les théories générales de géométrie accessibles a l'analyse ordinaire

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 2,: La philosophie astronomique et la philosophie de la physique /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 4,: La partie dogmatique de la philosophie sociale /

Positive philosophy course - Volume 5,: The historical part of social philosophy /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 6,: Le complément de la philosophie sociale et les conclusions générales /

Positive Philosophy Course - Volume 1,: General preliminares and mathematical philosophy /

Cours de philosophie positive - Tome 3,: La philosophie chimique et la philosophie biologique /

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Encyclopedic overview

Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (/kɒnt/; French: [oɡyst(ə) kɔ̃t] ; 19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism. He is often regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term. Comte's ideas were fundamental to the development of sociology, with him inventing the very term and treating the discipline as the crowning achievement of the sciences.

Influenced by Henri de Saint-Simon, Comte's work attempted to remedy the social disorder caused by the French Revolution, which he believed indicated an imminent transition to a new form of society. He sought to establish a new social doctrine based on science, which he labeled positivism. He had a major impact on 19th-century thought, influencing the work of social thinkers such as John Stuart Mill and George Eliot. His concept of Sociology and social evolutionism set the tone for early social theorists and anthropologists such as Harriet Martineau and Herbert Spencer, evolving into modern academic sociology presented by Émile Durkheim as practical and objective social research.

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