Definition of Auguste comte

1. Noun. French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study.

Exact synonyms: Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte
Generic synonyms: Philosopher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Auguste Comte

Augmentin
Augsburg
Augsburg Confession
August 1
August 15
August 6
August F. Mobius
August Ferdinand Mobius
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann
August Strindberg
August Wilhelm von Hoffmann
August plum
Augusta
Augustan
Auguste Comte
Auguste Rodin
Augustin Eugene Scribe
Augustin Jean Fresnel
Augustine
Augustine of Hippo
Augustinian
Augustinian Canons
Augustinian Hermits
Augustinian order
Augustinianism
Augustinians
Augusts
Augustus
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

Literary usage of Auguste comte

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"auguste comte (1798-1857) JHE name of auguste comte is associated with two such ... auguste comte was born at Montpellier on the i gth of January, 1798, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... the left-hand column for porposes of comparison : System of auguste comte. .System of Herbert Spencer. 1. Astronomy. 1. Astronomy. 2. Physics. 1 3. ..."

3. Modern French Legal Philosophy by Alfred Fouillée (1916)
"auguste comte, Exponent of Positivism. Positivism, an outgrowth of ... A right, properly so- called, is for auguste comte and his successors, like absolute ..."

4. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"The task was undertaken by auguste comte, who had been commissioned by Saint-Simon to write for his Comte Catéchisme des industriels (1823-1824) the part ..."

5. Modern French Legal Philosophy by Alfred Fouillée (1916)
"auguste comte, Exponent of Positivism. Positivism, an outgrowth of ... A right, properly so- called, is for auguste comte and his successors, like absolute ..."

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