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Auguste Comte
| Born: Jan 19, 1798 in Montpellier, France |
| Died: Sep 5, 1857 (at age 59) in Paris, France |
| Nationality: French |
| Fields: Positivism, law of three stages, encyclopedic law, altruism |
| Famous For: Founder of positive philosophy, a discipline of study within sociology |
Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Xavier Comte was a famous French philosopher who founded the discipline of sociology and the doctrine of positivism.
Auguste Comte Facts & Biography | Famous Philosophers
Comte is sometimes referred to as the first philosopher of science.
Early Life
Auguste was born in Montpellier in Herault on January 19, 1798. He attended the Lycee Joffre and then the University of Montpellier. He later joined the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. Comte’s education was more technical than humanistic, and he even passed the entrance examination for the Ecole Polythechnique one year earlier than the normal age of 15.
In 1816, after leading a student rebellion against an unpopular teacher, he was dismissed from Ecole Auguste Comte - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ZEVU