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For a long span of time the French Culture questioned all previous knowledge and standards that had ruled their living arrangments and idealologies.
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August Comte is born in Montpellier, France.
Fletcher, Ronald, and Harry Elmer Barnes. “Auguste Comte.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/biography/Auguste-Comte. -
Between 1830 and 1842, Auguste writes a series of texts that line out Positive Philosophy, which strictly includes observation, logic and mathematics; excluding particularly superstition, theology and metaphysical postulation. This work helped pave the way for science to be most focused on observation and falsifiability.
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Comte dies of Cancer in Paris, France Fletcher, Ronald, and Harry Elmer Barnes. “Auguste Comte.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/biography/Auguste-Comte.
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