-
Scientific principles lectures
In 1826 Comte developed a social doctrine based on scientific principles. He started to present his ideas in a series of lectures but ended up having a nervous breakdown about one third of the way through. Luckily he was able to mainly recover by the following year and continued his lectures into 1828-1829. (britannica.com)
https://www.biography.com/people/auguste-comte-9254680
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Auguste-Comte -
Positivism
From 1830 through the next 12 years he produced his major work, "Course of Positive Philosophy." (Biography.com)"In Comte's work, he argued that, like the physical world, society operated under its own set of laws."(biography.com) Comte's contributions to the philosophy of science came from the furthering of the study of society and the development of what we know as sociology. https://www.biography.com/people/auguste-comte-9254680
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Auguste-Comte -
Philosophical Treatise on Popular Astronomy
Besides finishing work on his books “Philosophical Treatise on Popular Astronomy” and “Discourse on the Positive Spirit” in 1844, he remained busy in writing the “System of Positive Polity”.(thefamouspeople.com) https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/auguste-comte-3319.php -
The System of Positive Polity
From 1851-1854 Comte composed his second major work, "the Système de politique positive, 4 vol." (Britanica.com) This is translated to the system of positive polity. The work in its entirety focused on "morality and moral progress as the central preoccupation of human knowledge and effort and gave an account of the polity, or political organization, that this required."(Britanica.com) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVamhT4Q3s]
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Auguste-Comte -
New World Order and death
"Comte continued to refine and promote his “new world order,” attempting to unify history, psychology and economics through the scientific understanding of society. His work was widely promulgated by Europe’s intellectuals and influenced the thinking of Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill and George Eliot. Comte died of stomach cancer in 1857."(Biography.com) https://www.biography.com/people/auguste-comte-9254680