Auguste Comte (Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte), born on January 19, 1798, in Montpellier, France, was a prominent French philosopher, sociologist, and founder of the discipline of sociology. He is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of positivism, a philosophical approach that emphasizes empirical evidence and scientific methods in understanding the social world. Continue reading “Auguste Comte: Biography – Sociology – Positivism – Books”