Auguste Comte biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Auguste Comte

Author Name:

Auguste Comte

Born As:

Isidore Cullen Marie Tyler Auguste Christine-Renee François Xavier Olivia Griffin Comte.

Other Names:

Born:

17 Jan 1798

Died:

5 Sep 1857




author picture
Positivist thinker                          
                          
                          
Responsible for the coining and introduction of the term Altruism.

The word "sociologie" was first used in 1780 by the French essayist Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès - 1748-1836 in an unpublished manuscript.

It was later established in 1838 by Auguste Comte.                          
Sociology is the systematic study of human societies. It is a branch of social science (often synonymous) that uses systematic methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis.