biography
pronunciation:
[kõt]
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| (1798–1857)
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| Philosopher and sociologist, the founder of Positivism, born in Montpellier, S France. He studied for a while at Paris, and was for some years a disciple of Saint-Simon. He published his lectures on positivist philosophy in six volumes (1830–42). He taught mathematics privately, and in his later years was supported by his friends. His Système de politique positive (4 vols, 1851–4, System of Positive Polity), shows the influence of his brief relationship with Clothilde de Vaux. In his philosophy, all sciences are regarded as having passed through a theological and then a metaphysical stage into a positive or experiential stage; the sociological development is from militarism to industrialism. In positive religion, the object of reverence is humanity, and the aim the well-being and progress of the race. |
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