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Birth
Auguste Comte was born. -
Early Works
"Philosophical Considerations on the Sciences and Scientists" and the "Considerations on Spiritual Power" are published; the "Philosophical Considerations on the Sciences and Scientists" contains the first formulations of the pillars of positivism: the law of 3 stages, which states that humanity passes through 3 successive stages of the mind, and the classifications of science, which orders the 6 fundamental sciences and gives us the order in which they develop. -
Began teaching "Course of Positive Philosophy"
The "Course of Positive Philosophy"(1830-1842) is Comte's most notable work. The Course pursued two goals: first, specifically, is the groundwork for sociology, known then as 'social physics. The second is the coordinations of positive knowledge. The first 3 volumes focused on the fundamental sciences existing at the time, while the last 3 deal with the social sciences. The course was disrupted due to 'cerebral crisis'.
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"Course" Resumes
Comte's "Course" resumes and, over the 13 year period noted as his 'second career', six volumes are published (1830, 1835, 1838, 1839, 1841, 1842). The structure of the Course gives way to the importance of the law of the three stages, which belongs to the theory of social progress. Comte's classification of the sciences is the most popular; it shows how each sciences builds off of the previous and is still used widely today, making Comte the founder of the philosophy of science. -
Founding of the Positivist Society
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Death
Auguste Comte's death. -
"System of Positve Polity"
"System" outlined two main components of positive politics: there is no society without government, and a properly functioning society requires earthly and spiritual powers to be separate.