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(The Beginning)Auguste Comte: 20Jan1798/5Sep1857
In 1814, Auguste Comte started his Philosophical future doing very well in school ranking 4th overall on the admissions list for Ecole Polytechnique in Paris(Bourdeau). Two years after the school had closed he met Heri De Saint-Simon, a French businessman that was into politics(Bourdeau). Simon saw the potential in Comte and made him secretary(Bourdeau). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVamhT4Q3s -
(Positive Philosophy): 20Jan1798/5Sep1857
In April 1826, After leaving Saint-Simon, Auguste Comte began a course on positive philosophy which many great scientists have attended(Bourdeau). Through this, he was able to establish three laws of positivity(Bourdeau). The first one being the theological, the second metaphysical, and the third the positive(Bourdeau). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofmnGmI115E&t=4s -
(Falling in Love) 20Jan1789/5Sep1957
August met Clotilde De Vaux and fell in love(Bourdeau). Shortly after he started a new topic for his public course called Evolution of Humanity(Bourdeau). Vaux died not long after, fueling his desire to create a new religion called the Religion of Humanity(Bourdeau). This new Religion was based on his works in positivity(Bourdeau). -
(Continueing Work) 20Jan1798/5Sep1857
Comte established many publications to continue his work both on positivity and for the Religion of Humanity(Bourdeau). From 1851 to 1854, he published a four-volume system called Positivity Polity. In 1852, he wrote Catechism of Positive Religion(Bourdeau). He was disappointed by the workers so he wrote Appeal to Conservatives in 1855(Bourdeau). The next year he wrote his mathematical works called Subjective Synthesis(Bourdeau).